Tag Archives: Storm

This morning.

Croaghross, Portsalon, county Donegal.

Designed by Mark Spitz.

Behold: the brooding menace of a rare supercell thunderstorm cloud. To wit:

Supercells may spawn damaging tornados, hail, downbursts of air, or drenching rain. Or they may just look impressive. A supercell harbors a mesocyclone — a rising column of air surrounded by drafts of falling air. Supercells could occur over many places on Earth but are particularly common in Tornado Alley of the USA. Featured here are four time-lapse sequences of a supercell in 2013 rotating above and moving across Booker, Texas. Captured in the video are new clouds forming near the storm center, dust swirling on the ground, lightning flashing in the upper clouds, all while the impressively sculptured complex rotates ominously. Finally, after a few hours, as shown in the final sequence, dense rain falls as the storm begins to die out.

(Video: Mike Olbinski; Music: Impact Lento (Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech)

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A spectacular new compilation of funnel clouds, tornadoes and contorting skies by Mike Oblinski, set to ’The Last Goodbye’ by Eric Kinney and Danica Dora.

Previously: Vorticity

Full screen and sound up for best effect.

colossal

Gulp.

Yesterday.

New York City, New York, USA.

Anyone?

Meanwhile

Um.

This morning.

Knocknacarra, Galway.

Oh, the humanity.

Via Jocelyn C

Meanwhile…

Save yourselves.

Weather Warnings (Met Eireann)

Thanks Bebe

An evocative three and a half-minute sequence of lightning strikes and billowing storm clouds by Arizona-based storm-chaser and videographer Dustin Farrell.

Shot over two years and edited over 300 hours, it’s a sequel to this 2017 full-screener.

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This morning.

Some night, in fairness.

Travel disruption and thousands without power in stormy weather (RTÉ)

Anyone?