Sharp-edged and glowing golden in the late afternoon, the forward-flank core of a supercell cast filtered sunlight not only on our retinas and the camera sensor, but in diffusely reflected form, off the intervening cloud material of the northern updraft rim. We had waited at this location for over an hour before storm genesis, anticipating development near the intersection of a warm-sector convergence line and an outflow boundary. This ragged but beautiful supercell fired a few miles to our west and anchored itself there, lasting another couple hours before being plowed by a large area of outflow-cooled air from growing storms to the south. In the meantime, we may have set personal records for continuous duration of storm observing at one spot! Being able to soak in the multi-sensory experience of a High Plains supercell, without needing to relocate, is a rare treat.
2 NNE Elkader KS (18 May 18) Looking WSW
38.8224, -100.8547Sharp Golden Core
Sharp-edged and glowing golden in the late afternoon, the forward-flank core of a supercell cast filtered sunlight not only on our retinas and the camera sensor, but in diffusely reflected form, off the intervening cloud material of the northern updraft rim. We had waited at this location for over an hour before storm genesis, anticipating development near the intersection of a warm-sector convergence line and an outflow boundary. This ragged but beautiful supercell fired a few miles to our west and anchored itself there, lasting another couple hours before being plowed by a large area of outflow-cooled air from growing storms to the south. In the meantime, we may have set personal records for continuous duration of storm observing at one spot! Being able to soak in the multi-sensory experience of a High Plains supercell, without needing to relocate, is a rare treat.
2 NNE Elkader KS (18 May 18) Looking WSW
38.8224, -100.8547