The North Texas sky in May never fails to include the supercell: an organized, rotating, twisted, tilted column of moist air many miles high, processing millions of tons of air per minute at upward speeds nearing 100 mph, and a prolific producer of severe hail, damaging wind, and sometimes even tornadoes. The flags’ direction and uprightness gives a hint as to why the storm is there, and why it’s a supercell: a stiff easterly component of wind, inflow into the storm, and contributor to strong vertical shear. This spectacular supercell already had posed behind wildflowers farther north, then here swirled over these great flags!
2 N Palo Pinto TX (22 May 25) Looking NW
32.7963, -98.2973