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Rocky Hailer

2016-03-25 By Roger Edwards

Rocky Hailer Rounded, striated, tiered storm structures, often known as “stacks of plates”, are a common visual characteristic of dryline supercells like this, where low clouds or rain often don’t interfere with viewing from the inflow region.  Notice the strong resemblance of the Rocky storm here to the “flipped” version of the Aroya anticyclonic supercell from several years before in Colorado.  I surely did, in real time, and as a result, suspected strongly that the hail couldn’t be far off.  Indeed, in this view, thin veils of precipitation above and beyond the barn and tree consisted largely of hail, as is common for precip cascading down through the “vault” region between the main updraft and downshear (forward-flank) areas.  As we watched the supercell spin its way our way, some of the ice balls began to bounce around us, compelling our repositioning further southward and eastward for more photography of this strikingly structured storm. Right after we left, hailstones up to two inches in diameter fell very near this spot. 2 S Rocky OK (30 Mar 8) Looking W 35.1343, -99.061

Filed Under: The Majestic Supercell Tagged With: clouds, convection, Great Plains, landscapes, Oklahoma, Rocky, 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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