SkyPix

A digital photographic storybook of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards.

Pond-Mirrored Sunrise Tree

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Chill, still water of a local pond mirrored a marvelous wintertime sunrise, in a moment ideally suited for thoughtful as well as visual reflections. I typically see sunrises only after being awake all night, and this one was a fitting conclusion to my "day".Norman, OK (30 Jan 15) Looking ESE 35.2079, -97.3767 … [Read more...]

Electric Scene

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Remarkably smooth, non-forked, laminar lightning discharges dissipated some storm-induced ground current into the sky on a northwest Oklahoma evening, while mostly hidden in-cloud flashes brightened the landscape nearly to levels of heavily overcast daylight. One must be careful near electric lines, in and near thunderstorms, as even a somewhat-distant strike to the same set of wires may result … [Read more...]

Watch Verifier

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After having a very hard time finding a good view of this fine young supercell in the hilly Western Crosstimbers country, Steve Corfidi and I pulled up an open-gated driveway toward a hilltop house with people watching the storm, to ask if we could use their high vantage. Not only could we, but the residents welcomed us with cold drinks and standing room in their west-facing garage, while we all … [Read more...]

Double Rainbow over the High Plains

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After observing a weak, anticyclonic supercell from near the Kansas-Colorado line, we made a slow tour around its E, S and W sides, seeing some nonsupercell tornado action from separate convection along the way. Here, along the back side of the storm, the late afternoon sunshine lit up its shield of trailing rain in the form of one of the grandest double rainbows I've seen. Notice the … [Read more...]

Tropical Convective Afternoon

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Relaxation beckons on a breezy Florida Keys afternoon, the eastern sky decorated with bright, soft towering cumulus formations above the tranquil waters of Pine Channel. Leisure time wouldn't last long, however; the towers merged with other convection behind and to their south, and in those deep east-southeasterly winds, sending a wall of rain and strong wind through the area and blowing those … [Read more...]

Chisos Mountains Stratocumulus

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Unusually moist conditions for a normally hot, dry time of year kept the Big Bend desert floor bounteously abloom, and supported stratocumulus clouds in the top of the boundary layer, where they were penetrated by the Chisos Mountains. Strong surface heating and destabilization mixed these clouds away within less than an hour. That heating also weakened already meager capping in advance of … [Read more...]