An elevated cumulonimbus drifted off to the north hauling its flank of deep cumulus congestus, spitting lightning filaments every which way as as an intervening armada of scud clouds further textured the chaotic scene. This fascinatingly busy sky offered a strobing aerial light show to travelers on Interstate 80 in the foreground. 1 SE Ogallala NE (15 May 15) Looking NNE 41.1057, -101.7 … [Read more...]
Down and Out
This high-based and elevated thunderstorm was part of a short line that fired in Wyoming, where the Plains meet the mountains. The line rumbled to the southeast, fueling itself on residual moisture and instability found above an outflow pool from earlier, dissipated storms. The electrical display it offered was spectacular, as often is the case for any twilight to nocturnal storms on the High … [Read more...]
Mature Stromsburg Brute
The final tornado of a very active storm-intercept day formed to our WNW as we approached Stromsburg. In town, sirens wailed, and folks streamed into the yards and streets to take glances generally toward the wrong direction. Fortunately, the growing tornado was moving abeam, then away, presenting no direct danger to the community. By the time we got out of town and had a clean view, the … [Read more...]
From a Fischamend Field
Our last evening of a trip to Austria offered a big, wonderfully colored and textured sky over a flat, rural river valley outside Vienna. Were it not for the photographer's honesty, I could pass this off as one of the many fine sunset scenes from Oklahoma. Brilliantly illuminated fractocumulus clouds arched nicely around a little area of crepuscular rays, setting a calming, appreciative and … [Read more...]
Mature Millsap Tornado
As the formerly rain-wrapped Millsap tornado reached its peak visual organization, it probably yielded a somewhat frightening startle to westbound travelers cresting a hill, only to see this off to their right. The gray band across the bottom of the image is a guardrail for I-20, which (unusually for an Interstate) offered some of the best viewing of this event in an otherwise forested area. … [Read more...]
Altocumulus with an Edge
The deeper one examines this scene, the more complex it becomes. All the altocumulus was sandwiched between a band of lower altostratus (silhouetted above the horizon) and a little golden ribbon of cirrus. Differences in vertical motion led to the wavy structure of the more broken altocumulus field at right, within which there appeared to be several wave trains of different orientation. From … [Read more...]
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