Cloud Stalker: Summer storms

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Summer storms

What a show we had here in the last couple evenings, It seems the the fourth of July is still going on only God is the one putting on the show. I have been trying like heck to capture a lightning shot but my camera just sucks! It just wont take rapid shots, what can u expect from a 150.00 dollar camera. I have a tripod now but it doesnt help i have tried everything. I can get sky shots at least i have that.

It looks like another round for tonight DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH A VERY
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. DAYTIME HEATING WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE
HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING
AREAS. AN ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
I am think about going to rent a center to rent a better camera I really want a lightnig shot!!! I am a gold star member with them so i can rent anything i want for a week for no charge, I just might have to take advantage of that.
Untill next time keep yor eyes tot the sky!
Jess
Cloud Stalker

1 comment:

Dewdrop said...: I am confident that you will get a shot. Hang in there!; July 8, 2008 at 10:48 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.