Cloud Stalker: Skywatch Friday

Friday, August 29, 2008

Skywatch Friday

With all the rain we have had i have seen quite a few rainbows,i still havent found the pot of gold, but i havent stop looking ether.
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Some where under the rainbow there is always a wacky weather chick with a camera.

Jess
Cloud Stalker

19 comments:

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...: Jess: you did a wonderful job of catching all the rainbows. Are you going to change your name to Rainbow Stalker?; August 29, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Debbie@Like a Rose said...: Great job capturing the rainbows! Too bad you didn't capture the pot of gold too.; August 29, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Jacque said...: very cool post! I love the umbrella shadow!; August 29, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Merisi said...: With a camera and an umbrella? ;-); August 29, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Columbo said...: Love rainbows, which are a great posting for SWF. My son did a science project on rainbows in the 3rd grade, and he took some great photos also. Still have got his pot of gold yet.; August 29, 2008 at 11:11 AM
JustinB said...: Very nice; August 29, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Harry Makertia said...: Rainbow stalker! Great pictures of rainbows!; August 29, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Pernille said...: Very nice shot. Lovely rainbow. And the last one is very cool:) Well done:); August 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM
imac said...: Love your rainbows.; August 29, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Som mine dager er said...: Yeah, great shots. So nice with the rainbow and so sorry about the pot of gold ;-) Maybe next time?!; August 29, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Carletta said...: I love rainbows and I see you found your share this week - lovely! I especially like the last rainbow.
The umbrella shot was very clever.; August 29, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Anonymous said...: Great shots. Catching rainbow with camera is a good work.; August 29, 2008 at 2:41 PM
bobbie said...: Rainbows are always a thrill, and I do love your shadow portrait. I do that all the time with my shadow.; August 29, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Anne-Berit said...: Great shots,love the rainbows!; August 29, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Anonymous said...: How cute - love the last picture with your shadow... I've done that kind of shot too! Nice rainbow shot too.; August 29, 2008 at 8:16 PM
Louise said...: Very nice rainbow shots! I like the wacky camera chick, too!; August 29, 2008 at 8:46 PM
chrome3d said...: Yes, there was rain, but it was so light and easy looking there. Are you sure you are feeling allright?; August 29, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Laura ~Peach~ said...: love the rainbow! just beautiful and great shadow shot too!; August 31, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Dewdrop said...: Love the rainbows, Jess, and the Mary Poppins looking weather chick with the camera shot! :D; September 9, 2008 at 3:21 PM

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.