ETAI-assisted summary A recent cold front in Florida created a rare weather phenomenon known as fallstreak holes or hole punch clouds. The uniquely winter phenomenon for the Sunshine State of so-called fallstreak holes or hole punch clouds is where circular or oblong divots appear in clouds, usually revealing a bluebird sky above. But in winter, Florida clouds can be as wispy as cotton candy spooling on a cardboard cone. In one fallstreak cloud video posted by WeatherStem on Dec. 30, the cirrus cloud is visible above the altcocumulus cloud. NASA Earth Observatory senior science writer Adam Voiland wrote about fallstreak clouds when a series of them were seen off the southwest coast of Florida in January 2024.

Source: Punch January 03, 2026 00:12 UTC