Cloud Stalker: I love the summer!!

Thursday, June 28, 2007

I love the summer!!

Yes i do love Florida in the summer!!
We received 1/4 inch of rain yesterday,which is good for the lawn, but i was really hoping to get some good over the water scenes but it was a chase that i lost, after work i had to pick up my boy, from place and the storm was a brewing i got some pics on the way but it was coming in fast. The water is only about mile from the house 2 from the school. Lightning was slashing down and i felt the cool outflow winds and i know the game was lost i stilled tried and made it half way before the rain caught me. there is another day.
today to be exact I'm hoping with today's 60 percent chance, it holds off till I'm ready..is that to much to ask???
I would really like to a water spout, but I'm be pushing my luck i got storms so i should be happy with that. here are the couple shots i did get before the rain, no lightning caps but cool none the less.

After the rain my boy went to play and my hubby caught this really cute shot.

The boy loves to dig!!

Anyhow, its gonna be another hot one today,and with the tropical wave pushing trough rain and thunderstorms are expected. Wahoo!!!Stay safe and and enjoy the day!!

2 comments:

Dewdrop said...: Chasing... I am so proud of you!!!; June 28, 2007 at 11:21 AM
CloudStalker said...: Thanks Dew!!; June 28, 2007 at 5:57 PM

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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.