The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
-Psalm 19:1

Do you know that God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
-Job 37:15



Thursday, July 09, 2009

Low clouds create ominous feel

SKY WATCH FRIDAY time! I am busy busy with stimulus yuck, so I might not get a chance to say hi. Please don't take offense. Our hosts: Klaus Sandy Ivar Wren Louise Fishing Guy

Thanks, also,to Dot and Tom, who were instrumental in the success of this blogging event. You should definitely come fly with us!

Yesterday presented some amazing and beautiful, yet threatening skies for me. As I was driving home, I noted beautiful cumulus congestus swelling into a nimbus darkened sky. Seriously, the contrast between the stark white towers and the nimbus base of the background cloud was striking and beautiful. It had an eerie feel to it, especially as the thunder boomed and rumbled announcing its approach. It was ominous, but stunning. I was impressed with the height of the approaching cell, the top approaching probably 30,000 feet. It was all headed my way. As the thunderhead approached, the thunder became more urgent, shouting the near arrival of this massive beast. We had some rain... we had some wind, but what was the best part to me, was the very low, scuddy (is that a word?) cloud base that went over us. It was so turmoiled and textured, it was gorgeous. The pictures don't come close to demonstrating the amazing layers and arms of cloud reaching out of the sky. It was a superb show.... and that's all we had out of that slight risk, which we were practically drawn out of as the day progressed.

Now, out in the plains, where the expectation was that they might have some naders, Ma Nature delivered. This morning, I saw some incredible South Dakota video of a night time tornado that was only visible during flashes of associated lightning. Ten tornadoes, in all, were reported during yesterday's storms. You can click on the graphic for the storm reports. Today, the threat for severe weather has moved only slightly to the east.

Have a splendid day!
~Dewdrop

51 comments:

  1. Whoa... what a sky indeed... looks like it's falling down.
    Awesome shots.
    Our weather has been moody here as well... lots of action, plenty of rains, thunder and lightning and a few funnel clouds spotted here and there... it has been quite an eventful week to say the least.
    Take care...

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  2. Oh I love that sky, minus the roaring and rumbling announcing the coming of the beast. I would have run for cover :) That's how "brave" I am.

    Enjoy the weekend.

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  3. Nope, no pics, working when these nasty storms were hitting the area but I'm sure someone out there must have info on the BC/Albertan storms that have/currently are hitting the area... they are moving out east.

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  4. Interesting shots of the sky..yes, ominous yet stunning!

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  5. Interestings shots of skies !Your reports are always very interesting every week!Thank you for sharing!Have a nice weekend!

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  6. Fabulous shots! You can almost feel the storm and yes, ominous! But stunning!

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  7. a happy thursday to you...
    wonderful report and photos as always...you must have sent some of that weather this direction. we have cloudy gray skies today...and humidity. supposedly rain in forecast.
    have a wonderful weekend.

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  8. Good evening. It looks like we have much in common in skies. Stunning captures of those clouds, sheer power.
    Have a great weekend.

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  9. Great photos for sky watch friday, congested is a good name you can see they are ready to burst. Thanks for sharing your view of the horizon with us all.

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  10. WOW...gorgeous , towering clouds !!

    Ours have settled down to bright blue and basically cloudless..

    Great captures..

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  11. Great post and you were number one love the photos

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  12. The contrast is fabulous and your photographs brought the sky alive for me.

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  13. It's indeed very difficult to capture all the layers of such clouds. They look beautiful.

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  14. Lovely series. Thank you for sharing.

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  15. Great shots and commentary on the weather. The clouds are very ominous. I love'em.

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  16. Wow! Low heavy clouds. Looks like a storm is coming. Take care.

    Have a good weekend.

    Alexander
    Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

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  17. Great shots!
    Love the last three.

    Don't work too hard. :)

    My post is here: Carletta’s Captures.

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  18. I love storm watching. You can really feel the boiling of the clouds in this series. Nicely captured.

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  19. Those are some awesome shots of the weather, and "scud" is also the right term for the ragged base of the cloud-nice blog dewdrop have a great weekend:)

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  20. I love it when a storm comes together.
    Those clouds remind me of Texas.
    Great post.

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  21. Beuatiful pictures!
    great!
    Gr.
    P-TER

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  22. Wow, there's a lot of power all tensed up in those clouds!

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  23. Still wonderful weather shots then - my friend.lol.

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  24. Though I appreciate your zeal for seeking out tornadoes, I was glad to leave even the occasional ones back East.

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  25. Wonderful collection of moody skies! Fascinating!

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  26. Beautiful sky shots and I love the way you describe them with all the technical terms. Great skywatch

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  27. Great shots. I love this kind of dark skies. Actually I've been stormchasing too for my SWF post.

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  28. Truly lovely images. The silhouette with the sky line draws me in.

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  29. Awesome storm shots! But I also like the sky colors in yesterday'a post.

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  30. Glorious shots and post. Jesus you are lifted up.
    Regina

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  31. Wow, that is one amazing storm you saw. I do love a good boomer. Rather scary to have tornadoes this time of year isn't it?

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  32. Great storm and clouds pictures.

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  33. I too love the turmoil of the skies. So thrilling to experience the the massive force of the storm, it is like coming close to God.
    Great photos.

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  34. Love your pictures,heavy clouds are so beautiful!
    hugs from Norway:))

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  35. Really nice photos of the clouds! It's so good when you do happen to have your camera with you when tehse kinds of images show themselves.

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  36. Beautiful skywatch shots. Those clouds do look interesting.

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  37. We got some good rains this week from clouds like these. Great photos.

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  38. Hey Dewdrop. I can almost feel the rain in those clouds coming through in the pictures!

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  39. The contrast between the grey and the green is AWSOME!!!!!!

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  40. Wonderful capture.

    Happy skywatching

    Lots of luv,
    Ita

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  41. Great storm shots! I miss a good storm!

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  42. I'm from Texas, and know these cloud formations well. Great contrast, color. The juxtaposition of the white and dark sure is ominous!

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  43. That is one thing we don't have - just the ordinary storms ;-)

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  44. Beautiful your sky shots and ever useful report.
    Thanks.
    Luiz Ramos

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  45. The dramas playing out in this summer's skies are awesome, awe-inspiring, and sometimes awful. These photos are amazing.

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  46. Dramatic skies for sure. It's not yet confirmed, but Canadian news is now saying there may have been a tornado in southwestern Ontario yesterday. Unfortunately two people died. My ears are glued to the radio to learn more.

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  47. Those are some great shots! I am always so impressed when it's so apparent that the photographer also knows a lot about what's going on in those beautiful clouds!

    Ritsumei

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  48. A superb show! Yes, indeed!
    Great captured :)

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  49. Beautiful contrast of the dark and the light! It seemed to be an enormous tower cloud. I would be sceared if I had a tornado closed to me, but also it's exciting in a way.. But tornados make a lot of damage. Tornados of that type we don't have here in Norway, fortunately. :)

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