This deep, tiered, dark "moose" of a supercell (as I referred to it on social media from the field) was tornadic, but waited until becoming thickly rain-wrapped thanks to repeated cell mergers into the rear flank. Good luck seeing any spinups through all that turquoise-colored core's dense precip (including large hail). A position in the "notch" northeast of the mesocyclone may have afforded a … [Read more...]
Colorful Okie Storm
Sometimes the unplanned and unanticipated scenes become the most memorable, special and satisfying. On the next day after a messy, fast-moving supercell intercept that yielded two unremarkable photos total, the mid/upper trough past and low-level moisture reduced. Little was expected, yet much was found! A small cluster of high-based thunderstorms erupted shortly before sunset not far southwest … [Read more...]
Scuddy Spotted Sun
Until about ten minutes before totality, seeing the total phase of the 2024 solar eclipse in Dallas was no sure thing, thanks to persistent low clouds that were slowly breaking up, but still littering the sky to a disturbingly dense degree. Nonetheless, one of my favorite non-totality scenes involved thin chunks of fractocumulus scud passing before the solar disk. Seen and photographed with … [Read more...]
Total Solar Eclipse 2024
The 2024 total eclipse in Dallas was nearly four minutes of astonishment, plenty of time not only for a few photos, but also, unrestrained and appreciative immersion in a rare moment of celestial glory, last experienced for about 2/3 as long, in a vastly different environment of eastern Wyoming's High Plains. This zoomed-in image stacks a couple of totality shots for sky color (dark blue, not … [Read more...]
Total Eclipse: Dallas
As a child, seeing future eclipse paths in the World Book Encyclopedia, knowing that a total solar eclipse would pass over Dallas on 8 April 2024, I vowed to be at this specific spot. What then was under-construction Reunion Tower would be directly under the high-sky midday eclipse, for a truly unique foreground, if I could live this long and it wasn't cloudy. Low clouds parted just in time! … [Read more...]
Going Outflow Dominant
A supercell that lived most of its lifespan as a "mean, ugly, nasty HP" finally began to vomit so much outflow that its low-level mesocyclone was becoming elevated, and the storm started to evolve into a bowing structure. The forced ascent from its cold pool produced some fascinating juxtapositions of laminar and ragged cloudforms at this stage, amidst swaths of turquoise and peach hues that I've … [Read more...]
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