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Northward Surge

2024-01-28 By Roger Edwards

Northward Surge

Northward-directed, rear-flank downdraft surge in a cyclonic supercell?  Yes, when the supercell is moving northward, as was this intense storm southwest of Oklahoma City (here seen several minutes before in a wide-angle view from the same location).  It reminded me a lot of a “Stormzilla” scene from the previous year in southern Kansas, also with a large RFD surge, but in a severe storm moving east-northeast instead.  The ambient flow regimes were different, but when pivoted to match storm motion, both had enough shear for supercells, and similar weaknesses in the vertical wind profile that favored heavy-precip structures.

1 E Tuttle OK (13 May 23) Looking SW
35.2904, -97.7843

 

 

Filed Under: Gallery of Outflow Tagged With: clouds, convection, Great Plains, landscapes, Oklahoma, outflow, storms, supercells, thunderstorms, Tuttle, weather, wind farm

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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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