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July Surprise!

Jesus round 2 for Virginia tonight. Radar is lit up there to the west after widespread storms early today
 
Ok here is my "dummy question" of the month...
Why do distant cumulonimbus "tops" appear and orange/pink color, versus the white of closer tops. Noticed this yesterday while driving and just wondered. Thanks
 
Ok here is my "dummy question" of the month...
Why do distant cumulonimbus "tops" appear and orange/pink color, versus the white of closer tops. Noticed this yesterday while driving and just wondered. Thanks

My guess is it would be the same reason the sun looks orange when it sets. Hope I didn't blind you with science with that technical response :)
 
Today looks very active Convective wise, probably gonna be a handful of damaging wind reports
 
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