Today's photo was taken on June 9, 2009 (and is the same storm as the previous two photos.) This storm was a happy surprise, given the relatively low instability in the atmosphere. As Erik Rasmussen put it the next morning, "I'm beginning to think that CAPE (i.e., instability) is not the key ingredient in supercells."
Vortex 2 arrived on this storm fairly early, positioned, and then watched the storm develop and move directly towards us. As a chaser, I don't usually allow the mesocyclone (the actual rotating part of the storm) to go directly over my head, lest a tornado suddenly drop on top of me. These guys did it all the time, though, since they had enough radar trucks to ensure that it was safe -- and this storm was no exception. I sat there with the probe trucks, watching this beautiful storm slide closer and closer, until it was finally overhead. At that point, everyone repositioned to the east.
4 comments:
Wow wow wow. I honestly love your blog and your pictures are unbelievable.
I really like the vertical format on this storm. Is this a pano, or straight 10mm?
This shot is just a straight 10mm photo -- I've yet to figure out how to get a panorama to mimic the rectilinear distortion (which is quite pleasing, at least to me) of a 10mm lens. Though I think I may have stumbled on the answer today in CS4 -- there is a setting that appears to distort everything rectilinearly towards the center. I suppose that's one of the side benifits of shooting a pano -- you get to decide later whether the photos should be fisheye, rectiliner, or otherwise.
I keep coming back every week and am disappointed when there isn't anything new posted. This one is fantastic!
Question, what exactly happened in Yonkers, NY last night (7/7/09), the media mentioned there was a tornado passing, is that true?
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