SkyPix

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

Funnel-Free Subvortices

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A broadly tornadic, multiple-vortex circulation continued under an unusually low, wet, scuddy cloud base for Colorado—a base that was intensely rotating, but lacking condensation funnel(s).  Here, two subvortices can be seen:  the obvious one just left of lower middle, and a fainter one to its somewhat more-distant right (NNW).   Each rotated around the other, as well as on its own axis, with the … [Read more...]

Hill Country Sundown

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After our last outflow-dominant supercell intercept of the day near Belton, we departed to the backside of the large area of sporadic storms for a sunset view.  This was that scene, looking west through sporadic rain cores, while to the north, a marvelously sunset-lit storm cruised across the region.  The long day that began in Norman settled down nicely amid cool, refreshing outflow, and the … [Read more...]

Belton Blow

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A most unusual June storm-observing day took us not across the High Plains, but:  from lunch in Dallas, to weirdly colored and outflow dominant supercells southeast of Corsicana, westward by a former supercell that was shooting its outflow pool forth near Mexia, to this scenic and recently outflow-dominant supercell transition over Belton, then finally, right past the spot off I-14 where I shot an … [Read more...]

Gaillardias of Outflow

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Finally, as we enter the thirtieth year of SkyPix as a web presence, we have Gaillardias of Outflow in the Gallery of Outflow!  No, I haven't been saving this line for that long, just in case, but the connection doesn't escape me upon making the entry.  A sub-sandwich-shaped shelf cloud, after it moved over, changed the ambient light enough to set this scene across the street.  "Firewheel" … [Read more...]

’24 at the Tree Part 2b

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[Part 2.5 of 2.5] Here, I zoomed in and focused just on the aqueous reflective part of the Part 2a composition, with the rippled crags and snags of the Sunrise Tree and a golden-lit contrail high above playing gently rippled light and shadow off the pond surface.  The uncertainly anticipated stage offered yet another unique sunrise scene here...two in one!  [Back to part 1]  Norman OK (7 Feb 24) … [Read more...]

’24 at the Tree Part 2a

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[Part 2 of 2.5] With faraway cloudiness blocking the sun from shining on these high clouds and contrail for a long intermission of several minutes, I was concerned the sunrise action was short (if sweet), as in the first stage, and that was all she wrote.  Yet, patience pays!  Fortunately the farther, unseen deck moved quickly as well, allowing late-stage oranges on the cirrus plume, and bright … [Read more...]