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CGs through a Downburst

2024-09-19 By Roger Edwards

CGs through a Downburst

From within, lightning conspired with external twilight to illuminate a blue-hour thunderhead in western Kansas, near “Weskan” of course.  Here, a downburst descended from the backside, hit ground and took off horizontally, forming a rain foot through which the bottom of the left flash penetrated.  Though the preceding step leader travels faster than wind, it can be blown, and the leftward-tilted character of these flashes indicate at least a minor component from wind-driven redirection.  We’re only seeing this in two dimensions, so the actual horizontal displacement of the flashes—especially the one to the right—likely is farther than it appears (toward the observer).

4 W Sharon Springs KS (4 Jun 22) Looking SE
38.9011, -101.8239

Filed Under: Night Lightning Tagged With: clouds, convection, cumulonimbus, downburst, Great Plains, Kansas, landscapes, lightning, nighttime, Sharon Springs, storms, thunderstorms, twilight, weather, Weskan

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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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