Thickness Ridge Cloudiness
Organised cloudiness in the thickness ridge in front of a Cold Front which can be extremely convective in unstable situations.
Generally Thickness Ridge Cloudiness is situated within a rising warm conveyor belt and is generally found within a ridge or a closed maximum of equivalent thickness. Relative streams provide a good explanation of the physical processes involved in the formation of Thickness Ridge Cloudiness. The warm conveyor belt dominates the Thickness Ridge Cloudiness over a thick layer and sometimes influences a part of the frontal cloud band. Besides an upper relative stream/dry intrusion can be seen to the rear of the frontal cloud band. During the summer season there can be strong convective activity within the thickness ridge. As a result of the thermal energy and the high relative humidity within the thickness ridge this convective activity can be very strong.