Cloud Stalker: Sky watch Friday

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Sky watch Friday

SKY WATCH FRIDAY- Your Host Mr. Tom Wigley register your favorite sky photo an share it with the world!

BLUE SKIES AND PALM TREES BABY!

SHADOW FUN

CAN U SEE MY SHADOW IN THE TREE?

Yes me and my camera having been having fun. I have been taking all kinds of pictures. flowers,ant piles,trees. I liked the shadow pictures the best out all the pictures I took.
The top picture titled "Blue skies and palm trees baby" represents May 2008 in Pasco, Florida.
I took a couple pictures of my shadow alone and i did not like how fat i look. I am such a girl!!LOL. I will however share one with you because I'm not that vain. I warn you though I look like a weeble wobble!

Peace and love to all!!!
Happy Sky watch and have A great weekend!

25 comments:

Anne said...: Lovely and funny as well....

Nice pictures for sky watch.

Nice weekend vishes comes here to you, from Anne in the middle of Norway.; May 30, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Anonymous said...: Intriguing photo! A storm coming? Like the shadow play too - funny! Have a great day! :D; May 30, 2008 at 3:42 AM
FO - 2 said...: Creative Sky Watch! ;); May 30, 2008 at 4:31 AM
Anne-Berit said...: Very good Sky Watch-post!; May 30, 2008 at 4:36 AM
Anonymous said...: Intriguing photo!; May 30, 2008 at 5:41 AM
Anonymous said...: Interesting photographs.; May 30, 2008 at 5:49 AM
Jane Hards Photography said...: Witty and creative images. Love your blog name.; May 30, 2008 at 6:17 AM
Debbie said...: Great SWF and I love the shadow idea you silly lovely lady!; May 30, 2008 at 8:01 AM
mercè said...: Excellent shadow in action!
A wonderful serie!!; May 30, 2008 at 8:44 AM
Pappy said...: Thanks for stopping by. I may have to come to Florida next summer. Haven't been there in many years. Still looks good through the palm fronds. Pappy; May 30, 2008 at 9:51 AM
Dewdrop said...: I'm so glad you're doing sky watch Fridays!!!; May 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Anonymous said...: Nice; May 30, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Anonymous said...: peace out. Nice shots!; May 30, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Suzanne said...: This is a great perspective. Love these photos they have an arty feel.; May 30, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Small City Scenes said...: Oooooooo....Shadows! I never thought of that. I will have try. Camera in hand....will try anything. MB; May 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM
SandyCarlson said...: Your photos are excellent!; May 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Anonymous said...: Very interesting photos!; May 30, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Tom said...: Great Sky Watch..I enjoyed your humour to.. :O); May 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Daniel J Santos said...: Great post, great pictures, well done.; May 30, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Diane Vogel Ferri said...: I love the thickness of the clouds in the first photo - great!; May 30, 2008 at 5:34 PM
chrome3d said...: Peace and love, cloudstalker! Lovely new storm pic there.; May 31, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Suzi-k said...: hehe these are fun! and as for the shadow of you, us girls who don't quite have the potential supermodel build can always wait until dawn or dusk, those long tall shadows are SOOOOOOO flattering! (see http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2008/05/and-we-finally-made-it-across-border.html ) of course you must make sure you are not standing next to someone who is half as wide, it rather kills the illusion, hehe!; May 31, 2008 at 3:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Palm trees I haven't seen since the early 2000's, nice to see them posted here, better to see them in person during our winter season. Nice sky, interesting shadows; looks like a fun photo activity.; May 31, 2008 at 4:54 AM
Anonymous said...: No post today? :(; May 31, 2008 at 9:53 AM
Unknown said...: Lovely and funny shots!; May 31, 2008 at 2:04 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.