Cloud Stalker

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Not a bad picture for a little 4.1mp hp camera, But I will need to upgrade if i do get a chance to chase in the plains with the Twistersisters. The twistersisters are doing a reality show and are asking groups to sign up to chase with all expenses paid, After a fellow friend signed up and got in i figured what the hay what can i loose. I just got another email back from Dan the producer and he ask me if i could be available 5/12thru/5/24 for 4/5 day chase! HELL YEA!!!!
Of course I would make myself available any day anyway!!
Anyway the email said that its only a possibility that there might be an opening..
So everybody or anybody that reads this please give a little prayer...
its seems I'm so close to having a dream come true just like the story books, and she lived happily every after.

Keep your eyes to the sky

2 comments:

Dewdrop said...: Keeping my fingers crossed for you, girl. I hope you hear something soon.; May 2, 2007 at 9:23 AM
CloudStalker said...: Thank you I have everything crossed!!!; May 2, 2007 at 9:47 AM

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HAIL (3/4 inch or greater)

Hail can cause significant damage to your vehicle, break windows and damage roofs of homes and businesses.
Hail can cause significant bodily injuries such as broken bones and even blindness if wind blown.
Softball (4.5 inches) sized hail was reported in Lake Wales, Florida on March 30, 1996.
Haildrifts, up to four feet deep of dime to nickel sized hail, occurred in low-lying areas near Zephyrhills, Florida on January 29, 1997.
Hailstones the size of softballs can fall at speeds faster than 100 mph

supercell

Supercells derive their rotation through tilting of horizontal vorticity (an invisible horizontal vortex) caused by wind shear. Strong updrafts lift the air turning about a horizontal axis and cause this air to turn about a vertical axis. This forms the deep rotating updraft, the mesocyclone.
A cap or capping inversion is usually required to form a downdraft of sufficient strength. The cap puts an inverted (warm-above-cold) layer above a normal (cold-above-warm) boundary layer, and by preventing warm surface air from sinking too far, allows one or both of the following:
Air below the cap warms and/or becomes more moist
Air above the cap cools
This creates a warmer, moister layer below a cooler layer, which is increasingly unstable (because warm air is less dense and tends to rise). When the cap weakens or moves, explosive development follows.
In North America, supercells usually show up on Doppler radar as starting at a point or hook shape on the southwestern side, fanning out to the northeast. The heaviest precipitation is usually on the southwest side, ending abruptly short of the rain-free updraft base or main updraft (not visible to radar). The rear flank downdraft, or RFD, carries precipitation counterclockwise around the north and northwest side of the updraft base, producing a "hook echo" that indicates the presence of a mesocyclone.