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, August 12, 2010

I love damaging winds! :)

SKY WATCH FRIDAY time! Thanks to Dot and Tom, never forgotten founders of this great event. Come on, come fly with us!

Thanks to hosts: Klaus Sandy Sylvia Wren Louise Fishing Guy

I got the funniest email from a good storm chaser friend and member of the Southern Weather Brigade that literally cracked me up. We are a strange group of folks, very interested in weather and the spectacular power and surrounding beauty of God. We are blown away by it, so to speak. It can be a little disturbing to some... Anyways, the email came from Storm Chasing Mikey, in response to a “Lucky Dog” message I sent to him regarding a severe thunderstorm watch he had just been issued. I have to show you, because in all my geekiness, I could lose you describing it.
Incidentally, I love damaging winds too, so today, I decided to share with you pictures of my FAVORITE damaging winds experience. Really awesome shelf cloudThis was a shelf cloud near Murdo, SD, on June 6, 2007. This storm produced one tornado and blew over a tractor trailer traveling down the interstate. A shelf cloud is an arcus cloud that is associated with and attached to a thunderstorm, and it is where outflow winds (straight line winds) are generated within a thunderstorm, called a gust front. (See? Geekiness) In this case, the outflow winds raged around 65-75mph or greater. The shelf cloud was the most ominous one I have ever seen, and the wind was… AWESOME! It was a total grey out with the sand that was carried in it. In fact, I snapped a shot at the worst of it. See? This was a wonderfully memorable day for me, even if we missed the ONLY tornado generated during this High Risk day. I’m not bitter.

Have a day that blows you away!
~Dewdrop

12 comments:

  1. Yes, that's me. I am how God made me and chasing the weather and giving praise to his power is what I do :)

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  2. Congrats on that shot, what a capture!

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  3. WOW! To get so close to that is simply amazing.

    www.ewok1993.wordpress.com

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  4. Oh my gush the clouds is like a giant to me hehe! Happy Friday!

    SkyWatchFriday

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  5. Wow how lucky you are. A storm chase the dream of every sky watcher!

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  6. Hello Dew. Truly an awesome skies!

    Happy SWF!
    Regards.

    Regina

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  7. What a powerful looking cloud, - thanks for the information about it, too. Very awesome.

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  8. Wow, the shelf cloud is cool looking. Great captures. I hope you are careful out there during these storms. Happy skywatching.

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  9. Hahaha! I also love damaging winds! :) We're all a little off, I suppose! :D

    Beautiful shelf cloud pic!!

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  10. Great shot! We have had some of those clouds across Maryland this week, with the winds causing damage.

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  11. Amazing beauty and danger rolled up together~

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  12. Wow, you do get some super dramatic clouds up your way.

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