This high-based supercell—with much more rotation in midlevels than at cloud base—had been fighting its own outflow for nearly an hour after separating itself from the storm cluster in which it formed, well west of Plainview. Still, it offered a temporarily improving organization at this stage, beneath some of the largest mammatus pouches I have seen. A lot of mass of gas was being processed in different directions here—up, down, inward, outward, side to side, and all around. Meanwhile, shortly after jumping out of my vehicle to take this shot, I was fighting a cloud also…of mosquitoes! A dozen or so of those voracious little devils breezed right into the cab alongside me. Time to drive away fast, with windows down, and seek a less parasite-infested vantage…
2 WNW Sterley TX (15 Jun 19) Looking W
34.2218, -101.4334Storm Base under Mammatus
This high-based supercell—with much more rotation in midlevels than at cloud base—had been fighting its own outflow for nearly an hour after separating itself from the storm cluster in which it formed, well west of Plainview. Still, it offered a temporarily improving organization at this stage, beneath some of the largest mammatus pouches I have seen. A lot of mass of gas was being processed in different directions here—up, down, inward, outward, side to side, and all around. Meanwhile, shortly after jumping out of my vehicle to take this shot, I was fighting a cloud also…of mosquitoes! A dozen or so of those voracious little devils breezed right into the cab alongside me. Time to drive away fast, with windows down, and seek a less parasite-infested vantage…
2 WNW Sterley TX (15 Jun 19) Looking W
34.2218, -101.4334