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Two Mesocyclones and a CG at Sunset

2015-01-28 By Roger Edwards

Two Mesocyclones and a CG at Sunset

This complex convective cluster had a lot to offer the attentive observer!  A wall cloud and weak mesocyclone headed eastward with the more northern, distant updraft, still accessing somewhat undisturbed inflow from the more precip-infused nearer storm.   The latter sported a vigorously rotating cloud base in the foreground, around which copious rain and probably some hail were orbiting.  Te spin was just tight enough to make us think it could produce a tornado, but the precip was too cold and too much to let it.  Through it all, warm sunset tones filtered, casting a bronze hue across the scene–punctuated by a bright blast of anvil-to-ground lightning in front of the farther mesocyclone.

N Burns Flat, OK (19 May 12) Looking N

Filed Under: Daytime Lightning, Sunsets and Sunrises, The Majestic Supercell, Wall Cloud Wall Tagged With: Great Plains, lightning, Oklahoma, storms, sunsets, supercells, thunderstorms, weather

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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