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Noble Arcus

2020-09-28 By Roger Edwards

Noble Arcus

Although this wouldn’t seem so, the Noble supercell of 2020 still was rotating, at least in midlevels, and would redevelop its low-level mesocyclone again several miles to the east-southeast.  In the meantime, however, it couldn’t get out of the way of its own outflow—here signified above the surface by this shelf cloud.  The actual surface gust front usually hits before the shelf edge arrives, since the visible cloud simply represents the level that the air already lifted by the cooler, sloped air mass starts to condense.

2 N Lexington OK (31 Aug 20) Looking NE
35.044, -98.3388

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: arcus, clouds, convection, landscapes, Lexington, Oklahoma, shelf cloud, storms, supercells, thunderstorms, weather

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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