Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Barney, Thanks for the praise! It was a big deal for me 'cause most of the other times I've seen wx this severe I was either at work and couldn't carry a camera with me on duty or didn't have a camera on me at the time. I just wish I had a tripod here. My bogen is in storage in Philly. Phil Forrest On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:13:27 -0400 Barney Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: > > These are cool. (I worked at NOAA for fifteen years.) I am glad that > you both got the pictures and lived to post them! :-) > > Barney > > > On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Phil Forrest wrote: > > > A couple hours ago we had a very fast moving cell produce a few > > funnel clouds and a decent sized tornado, about 30 meters wide. > > > > The storm swept from north-northwest towards south-southeast. > > We get severe thunderstorms but usually earlier in the year. This > > week we got two severe cyclonic storms within two days. A > > combination of the heat, drought and moisture being pumped up north > > from storms in the tropics, particularly the one in the east > > Pacific off of the Baja peninsula. > > > > Here's a few photos: > > > > Funnel cloud about to touch the ground a few miles away. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NM_1207/wx/DSCF8244_01_E.JPG.html > > > > Tornado rope on the ground but mostly obscured by rain sheet. This > > is the trailing edge of the storm which is an unusual place to find > > rotation enough for a tornado. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NM_1207/wx/DSCF8248_01_E.JPG.html > > > > Leading edge (eastern) of the storm showing the underside of the > > upper level anvil and mammatus. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NM_1207/wx/DSCF8253_01_E.JPG.html > > > > Very well developed mammatus. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NM_1207/wx/DSCF8251_01_E.JPG.html > > > > Back side of the wall cloud. Looking south. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NM_1207/wx/DSCF8260_01_E.JPG.html > > > > Instability and rotation from directly below. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NM_1207/wx/DSCF8263_01_E.JPG.html > > > > This storm is trying so hard here to produce another tornado. Here > > is the partial rope of the last funnel cloud just over the end of > > our block. Low level shear tore it apart. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PhilForrest/NM_1207/wx/DSCF8264_01_E.JPG.html > > > > These aren't too artistic. They are just cool as hell to me > > considering my prior employment in the Navy as a meteorologist. > > > > Thanks all! > > Phil Forrest > > > > -- > > http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest