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Related: About this forumAh. OK. Not really what you want to see heading your way! Beautiful tho :)

Near Dalhart, Texas, US, Jonah Lange spotted a low-precipitation (LP) supercell rotating through the sky. Jonah explained that an LP supercell is a highly-sheared rotating thunderstorm that produces minimal rain but can generate large hailstones and occasional tornadoes, is characterized by a highly visible updraft tower, and is often bell shaped. Supercell storms like this are particularly appealing to storm chasers because they show a well-defined cloud structure with little rain to obscure the features. Jonah had followed this storm all the way to Texas from New Mexico.
Taken by Stormchaser who shared this striking image with the Cloud Appreciation Society and I want to share it with the DU
Taken by Stormchaser who shared this striking image with the Cloud Appreciation Society and I want to share it with the DU
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Ah. OK. Not really what you want to see heading your way! Beautiful tho :) (Original Post)
SorellaLaBefana
Yesterday
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The photographer started following it in New Mexico ... it just ended up here in the Lone Star State :)
SorellaLaBefana
16 hrs ago
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GiqueCee
(5,069 posts)1. That is one scary-ass cloud!
mwmisses4289
(5,164 posts)2. Beautiful though.
Mother Nature dancing in a ballgown.
GiqueCee
(5,069 posts)3. Mother Nature...
... can be beautiful and deadly at the same time, which is why it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature!
mwmisses4289
(5,164 posts)4. Yes.
Scary looking clouds!
riversedge
(82,226 posts)13. but absolutely stunning as I look at it. The details are so clear.
GiqueCee
(5,069 posts)14. When I was driving home...
... from the supermarket yesterday, I saw huge cumulonimbus cloudscape that was similarly well defined by sunlight hitting it just so. later in the day we were drenched, yet again, by another deluge.
It's been a very wet beginning to the summer, so I've decided to grow gills.
BeneteauBum
(957 posts)5. Intense
Peace ☮️
70sEraVet
(5,746 posts)6. Yeah. End-of-times kind of beauty!
Keep it in Texas!
SorellaLaBefana
(540 posts)12. The photographer started following it in New Mexico ... it just ended up here in the Lone Star State :)
Along with some other scary things from elsewhere (if not from elsewhen) that have ended up here.
NOAA has a nice description of the types of thunderstorms
niyad
(135,333 posts)7. Stunning image. Thank you for sharing.
Monsieur_Grumpe
(191 posts)8. It's the mother ship.
MyOwnPeace
(17,676 posts)9. tRump would 'nuke it!'
There - problem taken care of!
LoisB
(13,760 posts)10. Wow! It is beautiful.