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Stunning clouds shapes and colors are captured in this gallery. I have tweaked the contrast where necessary, but the colors are exactly as I saw them on the days they were taken.



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stormdoctor > An outflow dominant, southward propagating supercell, the only one that formed during my two week trip, took me through the beautiful Red River Valley on the TX/OK borders. This is near Lawton, OK. The Red River dirt is very powdery, like flour, and I actually ruined one of my video cameras here years ago simply by having it fall into the dirt.
stormdoctor > Mammatus at SunsetThe cloud shapes here, mammatus, are usually seen only with severe thunderstorms. They indicate an unstable atmosphere and when seen on the front of the storm are an indicator of a potent storm approaching. These were on the rear of the storm along the back of the anvil and gave a peaceful look to a storm ravaged countryside.
stormdoctor > This anvil formed from a storm that was over Pikes Peak, CO. The storm was high-based, and clung to the mountain the whole afternoon. Periodically the intensity of the anvil would result in a very impressive crisp edge. That edge, here, hangs over the gorgeous SE Colorado scrub.
stormdoctor > NightscapeLightning provides the purple hues of this storm in Thayer County, Nebraska on May 22, 2004. Amazingly, the color has not been enhanced (only the contrast). Lightning hues tend toward purple more than white or blue. Oranges are also common. Atmospheric conditions (including prism-effects from nearby precipitation and relative humidity) are likely the cause of this color. It is not perceptable to the human eye during the strike and is only visible on developing the film. While this is a digital photo, this same effect can be seen in prints and slides.
stormdoctor > IntensityThis storm on May 24, 2004 begins to reorganize and intensify. Outflow from occluded mesocyclones to the north caused his initially to have a shelf cloud appearance. But, a new mesocyclone developed on the outflow and rapidly developed a hook on radar. This thick funnel later set down a tornado in Republic County, Kansas. This storm looked beautiful because it had the compound appearance of both a shelf cloud and a vault, not to mention the stout funnel over gorgeous green fields.
stormdoctor > Tiered ShelfDuring reorganization this cumulonimbus had both simultaneous pulses of energy into the storm and out of the storm. This resulted in a beautiful layering of clouds with a developing wall cloud on the bottom left below a shelf cloud and a vault on the upper right. Perspective is provided by the cluster of trees on the left. May 24, 2004.
stormdoctor > Boiling SkyAs this storm died near Belleville, Kansas (it would later reintensify substantially after dark) on May 29, 2004, the outflow produced an amazing "boiling sky" as is typical with shelf clouds. To the right is the clear slot of the last mesocyclone of the day.
stormdoctor > Mammatus over MatadorSunset view of mammatus in May, 2001. The storm formed over Matador, TX.
stormdoctor > Roll CloudThough this does not look like a horizontal cylinder, but in fact this is a roll cloud (which is a horizontal tube of air the upper half of which is visible as "cloud", the lower half is not visible since no condensation is present). The effect is dramatic with rapid upward motion of the cloud's front surface. This formed as this storm became a massive HP with rain-wrapped tornadoes. Meade, Kansas, May, 2001.
stormdoctor > Unpaved Road to Hail Near Smith Center, Kansas, on May 21, 2004, his storm rapidly became severe. To the right of the photo is the precipitation core which included hail the size of baseballs.
stormdoctor > Tuquoise SkyBrush dots the landscape and plateaus south of Ft. Stockton, Texas. For those who have never been, this is a stunning area near the Mexican border. The striking turquoise sky was in fact a massive hail storm that dumped 2" deep hail the size of golfballs (and simultaneously deluged the plain leading to flash floods as well). It was a precarious chase situation, but one that was beautiful to watch unfold. May 25, 2003.
stormdoctor > Classic SupercellMy first New Mexico chase ever! This is near Clovis, New Mexico on May 24, 2003. This "classic" supercell was a diamond in the rough: it formed unexpectedly along the high terrain and moved out into very worked-over air in front of it. While LCLs that day were very high, this storm really got its act together and put down a beautiful wall cloud with scud inflow from the front flank downdraft. Rotational shear was not optimal that day, and thus no tornado formed. Nevertheless it was a spectacular view on stunning terrain.
stormdoctor > Heavenly PlateauCrepuscular rays poke through orographically generated thunderstorms near Capulin Volcano National Monument in New Mexico May, 2003.
stormdoctor > Sun ShowerThe sun is visible through this rain curtain during the dissipation of a tornadic thunderstorm. May, 2002.
stormdoctor > Roll Cloud RainThe blues in this photo do not begin to do justice to the deep blues visible in person. What I really like about this photo is how the storm produced torrential rain fall which fell through the roll cloud in the foreground. May, 2002.
Intensity

This storm on May 24, 2004 begins to reorganize and intensify. Outflow from occluded mesocyclones to the north caused his initially to have a shelf cloud appearance. But, a new mesocyclone developed on the outflow and rapidly developed a hook on radar. This thick funnel later set down a tornado in Republic County, Kansas. This storm looked beautiful because it had the compound appearance of both a shelf cloud and a vault, not to mention the stout funnel over gorgeous green fields.
stormdoctor > IntensityThis storm on May 24, 2004 begins to reorganize and intensify. Outflow from occluded mesocyclones to the north caused his initially to have a shelf cloud appearance. But, a new mesocyclone developed on the outflow and rapidly developed a hook on radar. This thick funnel later set down a tornado in Republic County, Kansas. This storm looked beautiful because it had the compound appearance of both a shelf cloud and a vault, not to mention the stout funnel over gorgeous green fields.
Intensity

This storm on May 24, 2004 begins to reorganize and intensify. Outflow from occluded mesocyclones to the north caused his initially to have a shelf cloud appearance. But, a new mesocyclone developed on the outflow and rapidly developed a hook on radar. This thick funnel later set down a tornado in Republic County, Kansas. This storm looked beautiful because it had the compound appearance of both a shelf cloud and a vault, not to mention the stout funnel over gorgeous green fields.
Camera: Canon (Canon Eos Digital Rebel) |
more details: exif |
original size: 3000px x 2400px |
Current: 563px x 450px |
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