Cloud Stalker: Good news!!!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Good news!!!

Going up

and up

I was at work when I took these The Cu continued to build but the west coast sea breeze kept it well to the east again no rain for us on the coast.
Today is the same set up, With strong pulse storms expected.
I have GOOD NEWS!!!! I am moving to days at my job. One of the day girls quit and i as night girl was asked to take her place. Do you know what that means???? I can start chasing these storms i see in the distance. My new schedule starts next week, the only night I work is Friday night which is great because its the busiest night of the week, my old schedule had me off that night. I am so excited!! more money, more time with my family and storm chasing wahoooo!!
I'm so happy now that I will be making more money i can upgrade the ol camera sooner then i thought!! If any one has any ideas on the best camera to get for cloud stalking please let me know.
Se ya later for sky watch Friday!
Jess
Cloud Stalker

8 comments:

Dewdrop said...: Congrats, Jess!!! I know you are thrilled about the change to days. We were JUST talking about that. WAHOO!!!; June 12, 2008 at 12:06 PM
CloudStalker said...: I know I am so thrilled!! I cant wait to be ale to chase some of these sea breeze storms!; June 12, 2008 at 1:04 PM
***Fotografia e Luz*** said...: Magnificent the sequence of photos with the magnificent sky; June 12, 2008 at 2:57 PM
imac said...: Beautiful collection.; June 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Lilli & Nevada said...: these are all very nice shots my favorite is #2 photo; June 12, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Debbie said...: Congratulations Jess! I couldn't work nights...I love your cloud formation photos! Very good!; June 12, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Roan said...: Love the sequence shots. Beautiful. B.Roan; June 12, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Anonymous said...: More, More, we want more. LOL Good stuff!; June 24, 2008 at 1:28 AM

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.