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Amarillo by Mesocyclone

2023-12-17 By Roger Edwards

Amarillo by Mesocyclone

A menacingly low wall cloud, especially for the High Plains, rotated moderately, compelling close watch for anything tighter.  We did so, but it didn’t produce a tornado.  Fortunately this was also close enough to the Amarillo forecast office that they could see it from the back door, from this stage on through the next 20 minutes or so.   A lot of precip already was falling behind the mesocyclone, and loomed further aloft, as evident on the turquoise coloration above the developing rear-flank shelf cloud (left).  Soon, and unsurprisingly, this supercell would pump out a strong outflow surge on the near side, and it would be time to skedaddle east for a structural spectacle!

8 N Amarillo TX (18 May 23) Looking NW
35.3238, -101.8546

Filed Under: Wall Cloud Wall Tagged With: Amarillo, clouds, convection, Great Plains, landscapes, scud, storms, supercells, Texas, Texas Panhandle, thunderstorms, wall clouds, weather

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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