Hail, lightning, tornadoes (all of which this storm had produced): they’re certainly interesting and exciting aspects of storm observing across the Great Plains. Yet scenes like this often conjure many of my fondest memories of any given storm-observing trip or season. The supercell—still sporting a well-developed and partly sunlit wall cloud—was “getting away” across a large road void, and I was more than content to stay here and observe its deep, full majesty in this way. Within such moments, serene and humbling sensations of captivation and wonderment assume control, reconstituting long-held amazement that flows of atmospheric gas can assume such astounding form and powerfully fluid structure.
6 ESE Eckley CO (27 May 19) Looking NE
40.0986, -102.384Sunlit Supercellular Towers
Hail, lightning, tornadoes (all of which this storm had produced): they’re certainly interesting and exciting aspects of storm observing across the Great Plains. Yet scenes like this often conjure many of my fondest memories of any given storm-observing trip or season. The supercell—still sporting a well-developed and partly sunlit wall cloud—was “getting away” across a large road void, and I was more than content to stay here and observe its deep, full majesty in this way. Within such moments, serene and humbling sensations of captivation and wonderment assume control, reconstituting long-held amazement that flows of atmospheric gas can assume such astounding form and powerfully fluid structure.
6 ESE Eckley CO (27 May 19) Looking NE
40.0986, -102.384