Mushroom Clouds

07/26/2006 @ 01:02:15 PM MDT


07/26/2006 @ 01:02:32 PM MDT

Light winds aloft and steep lapse rates caused by cold air aloft capped by a warm inversion layer join forces to create some spectacular cumulonimbi around Santa Fe.

Moving Along the Interstate

07/17/2006 @ 05:51:15 - 08:30:49 PM MDT
This convection moved west along the north side of Interstate 40 between Clines Corner and Albuquerque between 6 and 8 tonight. It was moving in the blind spot of ABX and out of range of FDX, which is where I collected the radar images.

Orographic Daytime Heating

07/15/2006 @ 10:37:07 AM - 01:54:10 PM MDT
Daytime heating over the Jemez mountains. The cells were moving SSW. At a certain point it looks like the atmosphere stabilized and the east slope lost its juice.

Distant Lightning

07/14/2006 @ 09:24:21 PM MDT
This lightning occurred about 40 miles due south from my location in this cropped photograph. I used a 5-second exposure, ƒ-stop 2.7 and ISO 200 on my Canon S3 IS.

The Cloud Train

07/10/2006 @ 07:23:20 - 08:04:19 PM MDT
I'm not sure what caused this convection to line up, but there definitely wasn't enough of it to generate precipitation.