Following closely behind an earlier, dying supercell, a newer one was becoming organized in the background sunset light. The wind turbine was on the outflow boundary from the earlier supercell, facing east-southeast. As such, it revealed that wind direction about 200 feet off the surface, in turn indicating enhanced low-level shear to help the newer storm to organize. The combined anvil shield of both storms splashed a chunk of sheared mammatus across the sky, enriching an already quintessentially Kansan scene that covered much more of the sky than can be shown in even this wide-angle, vertical view. The newer supercell would move south-southeastward past Kinsley and evolve into one of the most beautiful, strange and spectacular nighttime cloudforms I’ve ever seen.
1 NE Bellefont KS (20 Jun 20) Looking NW
37.8874, -99.6438
Rural Kansas Moment
Following closely behind an earlier, dying supercell, a newer one was becoming organized in the background sunset light. The wind turbine was on the outflow boundary from the earlier supercell, facing east-southeast. As such, it revealed that wind direction about 200 feet off the surface, in turn indicating enhanced low-level shear to help the newer storm to organize. The combined anvil shield of both storms splashed a chunk of sheared mammatus across the sky, enriching an already quintessentially Kansan scene that covered much more of the sky than can be shown in even this wide-angle, vertical view. The newer supercell would move south-southeastward past Kinsley and evolve into one of the most beautiful, strange and spectacular nighttime cloudforms I’ve ever seen.
1 NE Bellefont KS (20 Jun 20) Looking NW
37.8874, -99.6438