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SorellaLaBefana

(544 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:00 AM Jun 26

Ah. OK. Not really what you want to see heading your way! Beautiful tho :)


Near Dalhart, Texas, US, Jonah Lange spotted a low-precipitation (LP) supercell rotating through the sky. Jonah explained that an LP supercell ‘is a highly-sheared rotating thunderstorm that produces minimal rain but can generate large hailstones and occasional tornadoes, is characterized by a highly visible updraft tower, and is often bell shaped’. Supercell storms like this are particularly appealing to storm chasers because they show a well-defined cloud structure with little rain to obscure the features. Jonah had followed this storm all the way to Texas from New Mexico.

Taken by Stormchaser who shared this striking image with the Cloud Appreciation Society and I want to share it with the DU
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Ah. OK. Not really what you want to see heading your way! Beautiful tho :) (Original Post) SorellaLaBefana Jun 26 OP
That is one scary-ass cloud! GiqueCee Jun 26 #1
Beautiful though. mwmisses4289 Jun 26 #2
Mother Nature... GiqueCee Jun 26 #3
Yes. mwmisses4289 Jun 26 #4
SLC Rebl2 Jun 26 #11
but absolutely stunning as I look at it. The details are so clear. riversedge Jun 27 #13
When I was driving home... GiqueCee Jun 27 #14
Intense BeneteauBum Jun 26 #5
Yeah. End-of-times kind of beauty! 70sEraVet Jun 26 #6
The photographer started following it in New Mexico ... it just ended up here in the Lone Star State :) SorellaLaBefana Jun 26 #12
Stunning image. Thank you for sharing. niyad Jun 26 #7
It's the mother ship. Monsieur_Grumpe Jun 26 #8
tRump would 'nuke it!' MyOwnPeace Jun 26 #9
Wow! It is beautiful. LoisB Jun 26 #10

GiqueCee

(5,229 posts)
3. Mother Nature...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 09:00 AM
Jun 26

... can be beautiful and deadly at the same time, which is why it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature!

GiqueCee

(5,229 posts)
14. When I was driving home...
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 08:14 AM
Jun 27

... from the supermarket yesterday, I saw huge cumulonimbus cloudscape that was similarly well defined by sunlight hitting it just so. later in the day we were drenched, yet again, by another deluge.
It's been a very wet beginning to the summer, so I've decided to grow gills.

SorellaLaBefana

(544 posts)
12. The photographer started following it in New Mexico ... it just ended up here in the Lone Star State :)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:31 PM
Jun 26

Along with some other scary things from elsewhere (if not from elsewhen) that have ended up here.

NOAA has a nice description of the types of thunderstorms

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