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On a day when conditions across much of the central Plains were expected to support tornadic supercells, myself and other chasers who targeted west-central Kansas saw only this rather pretty but unassuming LP (low-precipitation) thunderstorm cell. It had broad rotation and briefly received a severe thunderstorm warning for hail, but due to weaker than expected convergence (low-level support for lift) and a stronger than expected cap (warm layer aloft, which resists lifting of parcels through it); it failed to intensify further and instead gradually died out.
The only significant tornadoes occurred near Benkelman, NE in an area which I easily could have reached had I stuck with my morning target of southwest Nebraska; en route I decided that convection would stay discrete (isolated and better able to produce widely visible, photogenic tornadoes) longer further south due to the stronger cap, but thought the cap would still break enough to allow for sustained storms. Whoops.
As the sun got lower in the sky, another large storm popped up to the southwest of the storm we were on. This storm would later have reports of a fairly large tornado in the OKC area.
Thunderstorms developed on June 1st 2016 across northeast Wisconsin along a cold front. Scattered Storms dotted the Northwoods landscape. Marinette County Wisconsin.
A rotating Supercell Thunderstorm near Powers, MI on May 26 2018. What structure with this beauty. On a marginal risk severe day and it over performed. I love marginal risks in this area.
Distant convective showers, possible thunderstorms, towards the east at sunset. Pic taken from around Tracy, CA. T-storms were possible around the state this day, especially around the Central Valley due to the clear, sunny breaks and daytime heating from the high angle March sun. Believe it or not, there were tornado warnings issued for parts of the Central Valley (Turlock, CA) yesterday afternoon. After a lull in the rainy weather, the state had shifted gear from warm, calm spring-like weather to winter & unsettled. Talk about spring arriving with a bang!
(Pic taken Wednesday around sunset, March 22, 2017)
Weather update:
Another frontal system had moved across Northern California this day with showers and a few thunderstorms once again. Stronger t-storms with decent lightning and tornado warnings have occurred around the Central Valley (around Turlock, CA in particular) just the day prior! The convective shower activity had slowly subsided as this frontal system continued eastward this day. By Thursday, we were to have a short break. The next low pressure trough and frontal system was to reach the coast by Thursday night. This system was to deliver more moderate with locally heavy rain and gusty south winds. The precip was to turn to showers by Friday evening. Come Sunday, the last storm of this series of storms was forecast to arrive. The precipitation from this last system was to end by Monday afternoon or so. High pressure was to begin to rebuild along the coast by the following week and we were to see a return to the springlike weather pattern...
I was hoping to catch a lightning bolt on film as this thunderstorm passed northwest of me the other evening.
Thunderstorms developed along a Lake Breeze coming off Lake Michigan on Friday August 14 2015. Eastern WI took a beating from some of the storms, leaving a lot of damage and several thousands of people without power. Some nice structure with these.
Not the most naturally looking photo I ever shot, but certainly dramatic. After dinner on that day, I saw a thunderstorm approaching from the West. With my fisheye lens, I did a quick bracketing to allow HDR in post-processing. A bit of contrast manipulation in Photoshop, and wallah ... (shot during our 2012 summer vacation in Erlenbach). File: DE-2012-0846
This picture is taking from Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rolling-thunder-cloud.jpg
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