This marvelously developed and turbulently constructed formation, an underside of an arcus cloud that first moved over me west of Bridgeport, surged eastward ahead of its fast-moving storm cluster. That compelled quick transit to a known high spot on the west side of the Canadian River Valley in hope of good light. Right as the sun set from my vantage, and for just a couple minutes, it lit up … [Read more...]
Wind Farm in Whale’s Mouth
Outflow from a severe storm hoisted a turbulent arcus cloud's underbelly into a classical "whale's mouth" formation, ironically sending a potent current of wind through turbines that were braked for unknown reasons. Had they been functional, this would have chipped a bit of juice into the Oklahoma power grid. I've seen unbraked turbines generating power in other thunderstorms—even in a … [Read more...]
Leaf Slider
The fall 2020 ice storm didn't produce large amounts, but instead, caused its havoc by loading small thicknesses on still-leafed, often still-green trees, such as this. The net effect was the same as four times the ice load, or more, during true winter. Here, a crazy variant of ice accumulation occurred when the initial covering of the leaf slid nearly all the way off, but stopped, having been … [Read more...]
Twin Mesocyclones
Two rotating wall clouds revealed twin low-level mesocyclones on the southwest side of a classic, cyclic supercell. The broad one to the left had been rotating, sometimes rapidly, for nearly an hour (without producing any known tornadoes). The one on the right formed on a storm-scale occlusion triple-point northeast of the original; it lasted another 30-45 minutes and yielded only a funnel. That … [Read more...]
Wet Mesocyclone
A supercell that had exhibited a messy but photogenic structure near Noble proceeded east-southeast with a wide wall cloud sporting several tails, as seen here from the southwest. The area was only slowly rotating, thinly wrapped in veils of "atomized" (small-drop) rain, never a serious danger to spawn a tornado, but had to be watched for any sudden tightening regardless. The chase soon ended … [Read more...]
Sunset at Key West
...as seen in this Ektachrome slide taken from the famous Mallory Square area. Reflections off the water and the extensive high cloud deck colored even the normally silhouetted east sides of the low cloud elements, and cast a more uniform orangeness over the whole scene. This was my first Key West sunset; and I hereby confirm that great things can await the photographer at the last place on US … [Read more...]
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