What comes to mind when you hear the term Morning Glory?

[Bretrick]

Cloud Formations?
The Morning Glory Cloud is a meteroloical phenomenon consisting of a low-level atmospheric solitary wave and associated cloud, occasionally observed in different locations around the world.
The southern part of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed regularly due to the configuration of land and sea in the area.
A Morning Glory cloud is a roll cloud, that can be up to 1,000 km (620 mi) long, 1 to 2 km (0.62 to 1.24 mi) high, often only 100 to 200 metres (330 to 660 ft) above the ground.
The cloud often travels at the rate of 10 to 20 metres per second. Sometimes there is only one cloud, sometimes there are up to ten consecutive roll clouds.
The Morning Glory cloud is not clearly understood because its rarity means it has little significance in terms of rainfall or climate.
Regardless of the complexity behind the nature of this atmospheric phenomenon, some conclusions have been made about its causes.
One of the main causes of most Morning Glory occurrences is the wind circulations associated with sea breezes that develop over the peninsula and the gulf.
On the large scale, Morning Glories are usually associated with Frontal systems crossing central Australia and high pressure in northern Australia. Locals have noted that the Morning Glory is likely to occur when the humidity in the area is high, which provides moisture for the cloud to form, and when strong sea breezes have blown the preceding day.

 

[terry123]

I think of morning glories that my mom always had in her flower beds. They opened in the morning and went to seep at night. When I had a house I always planted them too.

 

[RadishRose]

Cloud Formations?
The Morning Glory Cloud is a meteroloical phenomenon consisting of a low-level atmospheric solitary wave and associated cloud, occasionally observed in different locations around the world.
The southern part of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed regularly due to the configuration of land and sea in the area.
A Morning Glory cloud is a roll cloud, that can be up to 1,000 km (620 mi) long, 1 to 2 km (0.62 to 1.24 mi) high, often only 100 to 200 metres (330 to 660 ft) above the ground.
The cloud often travels at the rate of 10 to 20 metres per second. Sometimes there is only one cloud, sometimes there are up to ten consecutive roll clouds.
The Morning Glory cloud is not clearly understood because its rarity means it has little significance in terms of rainfall or climate.
Regardless of the complexity behind the nature of this atmospheric phenomenon, some conclusions have been made about its causes.
One of the main causes of most Morning Glory occurrences is the wind circulations associated with sea breezes that develop over the peninsula and the gulf.
On the large scale, Morning Glories are usually associated with Frontal systems crossing central Australia and high pressure in northern Australia. Locals have noted that the Morning Glory is likely to occur when the humidity in the area is high, which provides moisture for the cloud to form, and when strong sea breezes have blown the preceding day.
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Amazing!

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I think of the morning glories my grandpa always grew in his yard. He would notch them with his pocket knife and soak them in water overnight to give them a head start.

 

[horseless carriage]

What comes to mind when you hear the term Morning Glory?​

If I told you I could face a severe reprimand. Google it!

 

[helenbacque]

The flower

 

[Jules]

The flower is what I thought about. It sure would be interesting to see the cloud formation.

 

[Judycat]

I heard of roll clouds. Didn't know they were called morning glory.

 

[Gaer]

 

[palides2021]

I also thought of the morning glory flower. Interesting topic! The photo looks like a bunch of chemtrails, lol. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Purwell]

If I told you I could face a severe reprimand. Google it!

When I was a teenager and my mum used to come in and say, rise and shine, get out of that wigwam!

 

[Bretrick]

When I was a teenager and my mum used to come in and say, rise and shine, get out of that wigwam!

My Grandmother would come into my bedroom on school days and say, "Wakey Wakey, Hands off Snakey

 

[Lewkat]

The flower.

When I was a teenager and my mum used to come in and say, rise and shine, get out of that wigwam!

Chem trails are cloud bursts.

 

[jerry old]

Op asks, What comes to your mind when you hear the term Morning Glory?

Only one:
An Excellent, Excellent definition of 'Mourning Glory' is in the possession of our Annie A,
Maybe she will post it.

 

[jujube]

My dad would always yell, "Up and at 'em, morning glory!"

 

[dseag2]

I thought of the flower, but I also thought of the saying, "What's the story, Morning Glory?" Something unique to the USA, I guess.

 

[WheatenLover]

When I was a teenager and my mum used to come in and say, rise and shine, get out of that wigwam!

We had some intercom thing in all the rooms. There was a radio in it, somehow. My mom would blast us with music to wake us up.

To this day, I hate being awakened with music. Never owned a clock radio.

 

[Verisure]

My Grandmother would come into my bedroom on school days and say, "Wakey Wakey, Hands off Snakey

Cripes!!!!

 

[Verisure]

We had some intercom thing in all the rooms. There was a radio in it, somehow. My mom would blast us with music to wake us up.

To this day, I hate being awakened with music. Never owned a clock radio.

A boarding school, was it?

 

[AnnieA]

Op asks, What comes to your mind when you hear the term Morning Glory?

Only one:
An Excellent, Excellent definition of 'Mourning Glory' is in the possession of our Annie A,
Maybe she will post it.

For @jerry old What a compliment! Thank you much!

Copied and pasted from Do any of you write poetry thread.


Mourning Glories

Southern lawns
Manicured
Meticulous
Monotonous
I see
bright blossoms and magnolia trees
swathed in carpets of flawless green.
But one lone Morning Glory
blooms
where weeds and asphalt and drainpipe meet.
Beauty outside bounds of pristine green.

Southern lives
Manicured
Meticulous
Monotonous
I see
sculptured smiles and soft syllables
swimming in hymns of pious praise.
Manicured faith.

Oh, God
Open my heart.
Grace me to be one of your Mourning Glories
blooming
where hurt and sorrow and loneliness meet.
Beauty outside bounds of pristine green.

published 1991

Story behind this. Saw the morning glory blooming as described while out walking shortly before I left a rigid Calvinist denomination to worship in an inner city, diverse, love-filled church with a lot of other hurting people. Decided I'd erred on the side of legalistic theological 'law' and made a conscious decision to 'err' on the side of love. Ashamed to say I have to dig deep sometimes to get back to the wonderful lessons I learned there, but they are still in my heart.

 

[feywon]

I think of morning glories that my mom always had in her flower beds. They opened in the morning and went to seep at night. When I had a house I always planted them too.

There is a variety called a 'Moon Flower' that is night blooming, the blossoms are generally white and large. both in Wyoming and here we have a wild variety of the vines. The blossoms are smaller than commercial ones but i still love seeing them.

 

[Nathan]

The photo looks like a bunch of chemtrails, lol. Thanks for sharing!

I actually know someone who thinks chemtrails are real, that the 'government' is spreading some kind of chemicals for a nefarious reason.

 

[feywon]

Mostly the flower, but also a Katherine Hepburn Movie from the 30's. As a teen in NJ i watched a program called the The Early Show which showed old movies five evenings a week. There was a 'The Late Show too. But till i got in late teens i could only watch on Fridays if my Mom was out because it started at 10 or 11 pm. i saw most of the best known and a lot of lesser known ones too.

 

[feywon]

I actually know someone who thinks chemtrails are real, that the 'government' is spreading some kind of chemicals for a nefarious reason.

i have to take the time to up load some photos i took yesterday. We get a lot of contrails, which if you're outside enough you realize they spread out and dissipate/fade away even on day without wind. In Early afternoon as usual i noticed a half dozen or so but there were a couple that were much wider than i've ever seen them get before, so i'm still debating if some weird cloud formation. The most striking thing was that two of the large lines in the sky seemed to cross each other at almost perfectly perpendicular angle.

 

[Nathan]

i have to take the time to up load some photos i took yesterday. We get a lot of contrails, which if you're outside enough you realize they spread out and dissipate/fade away even on day without wind. In Early afternoon as usual i noticed a half dozen or so but there were a couple that were much wider than i've ever seen them get before, so i'm still debating if some weird cloud formation. The most striking thing was that two of the large lines in the sky seemed to cross each other at almost perfectly perpendicular angle.

We live in the general vicinity of 1 active duty U.S. Air Force base, and 2 former AF bases, which still accommodate military air traffic. We see the contrail exhaust formations frequently. For those who are unsure, here is how those trails are formed:

Contrails (/ˈkɒntreɪlz/; short for "condensation trails") or vapor trails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruising altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. Contrails are composed primarily of water, in the form of ice crystals. The combination of water vapor in aircraft engine exhaust and the low ambient temperatures that exist at high altitudes allows the formation of the trails. Impurities in the engine exhaust from the fuel, including sulfur compounds (0.05% by weight in jet fuel) provide some of the particles that can serve as sites for water droplet growth in the exhaust and, if water droplets form, they might freeze to form ice particles that compose a contrail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrail