This storm's electricity refused to be fenced in! Although the updraft area of the supercell was more worthy of scrutiny from a tornado-potential standpoint (none ultimately occurred), and several bright, staccato anvil CGs had slammed around the area shortly before, the visible lightning was concentrated in the forward-flank core by the time I found a good place to pull off and observe. … [Read more...]
Summer Sunset, Lake Mendota
Moist scud, behind a gentle summer cold front, ensured color and texture in the waterfront's sunset sky. After the end of the conference day, some folks liked to hit the bars, slam down cold brews and hot shots, and get hammered, while wailing about the unfairness of life's many injustices, real and perceived. I roll differently. Having driven the long way up here, I saw instead an opportunity … [Read more...]
Upward and Downward
One special sunset on the New Mexico plains saw a semi-symmetric faceoff between sagebrush pointing up and sparingly spotlit mammatus aiming down, the clouds splashed in rusty to tan-orange hues, as the final rays of sunlight dribbled past spotty clouds in the west. The scene only lasted, at best, half a minute between hardly any color, this on both land and sky, then very muted remnants. 3 NNW … [Read more...]
Summertime at Stephens’ Falls
On a warm, steamy day, Stephens’ Falls in the summer offered cooling and shady respite, along with a photogenic setting deep in a lush, green Wisconsin forest. This cascade tumbles over a resistant ledge of Ordovician St. Peter sandstone, with much greater volume and force during springtime snowmelt. The long likely rolled right off the vegetated drop at upper left during a long-ago flood. 5 N … [Read more...]
Flank of Faith
Where history, reverence, and beautiful sky converge, a moment in time arises like none other. That was true on this last day of my 2026 spring chase season in the old town of Bueyeros (“Ox Drivers” in Spanish), as a multicell storm with a pronounced flanking line built behind the 1894 Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Each substantial tower in the flanking line, from tip to storm, extended a little … [Read more...]
Lighting up Limon
Loudly rousing residents from restful slumber, a nearly hourlong barrage of wickedly bright, close lightning slammed down upon the High Plains town of Limon without mercy nor favor, courtesy of merging thunderstorms. The electrical attacks came in waves without any full intermission. On a few occasions, nearly simultaneous explosions of light and sound sent even hardcore storm observers diving … [Read more...]
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