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Spectacular snow shaft from Plainfield, Ill Sunday Eminating from towering frontal cumulonimbus clouds

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Sunday's powerhouse cold front was accompanied by eye-catching cloud formations
many of you have been good enough to send us. Ross and Amy Jones snapped these
shots around 4 p.m. in Plainfield, Illinois of towering cumulus clouds from which a wispy
region of falling snow is evident--what might be called a "snow shaft". Temperatures
were very cold just above the ground supporting the swath of falling snow which is
evident in these terrific shots. Thanks Ross and Amy!


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Photos courtesy of Ross and Amy Jones, Plainfield, Illinois