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What is this weird thing in the sky above Stockton, California?

Ian McDonald
Fox40.com
Fri, 09 May 2014 20:38 UTC

Hole Punch Cloud

© Jamison Mitchell

At first glance, it looks like some kind of portal into another dimension - but it's just a "hole punch cloud."

FOX40 viewer Jamison Mitchell snapped some pictures of the phenomenon Friday above Bear Creek High School.

A hole punch cloud is when moisture in a cloud is at a temperature that's below freezing, but the moisture itself isn't actually frozen.

The scientific term is "fallstreak hole."

Weather experts say a domino effect with ice crystals punches a hole in a cloud - usually a cirrocumulus or altocumulus.

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