Following a grand structure and lightning show of a couple hours, the Ordway supercell merged with other convection that was developing nearby, evolving into a complex of thunderstorms that churned off to the southeast, destined for northeastern New Mexico and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, while spitting sparks in and out of its rain cores. This tall stroke emanated from the upper reaches of the back of the complex, with a fairly unimpeded southeast view available at Colorado’s Lake Meredith (not to be confused with the larger, deeper Texas Panhandle reservoir of the same name). Why is the lightning reddish in tint? With distance, light in the atmosphere reddens, as air preferentially filters out the other other colors in the spectrum.
2 SW Sugar City CO (4 Aug 20) Looking SE
38.2123, -103.6914