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Morning Squall Line Circulation

2023-01-28 By Roger Edwards

Morning Squall Line Circulation

Following a beautiful sunrise, I made the short drive to the other side of the lake to watch a line of thunderstorms move in.  Remarkably resembling that of a small supercell, a distinct updraft base decorated the front side of a broken squall line surging southeastward toward me.  The perceived supercellular resemblance had some merit, as the cloud base slowly rotated, bringing to mind the mesocirculations that sometimes produce tornadoes in supercells, and sometimes even squall lines, or as they’re more commonly known in obscure meteorological jargon, quasi-linear convective systems (QLCS).  This wasn’t going to produce a tornado, however, because it was elevated.  How did I know?  Easy!  The decidedly colder gust front already had passed my location, ahead of the feature.  Indeed, it soon dispersed into a broader, wavier shelf-like formation high above an even deeper receding cold pool.

4 W Little Axe OK (4 Sep 22) Looking NW
35.2296, -97.3021

Filed Under: Gallery of Outflow, Sunsets and Sunrises Tagged With: clouds, convection, Lake Thunderbird, lakeshores, landscapes, Little Axe, Norman, Oklahoma, outflow, shelf cloud, storms, sunrises, thunderstorms, 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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