The cumulonimbus slowly moves to the east. Building. Brewing. Getting larger and larger. Until it is so large that the upper level winds are blowing the top off to give it that oh so menacing anvil shape. Growing larger and darker. Slowly spinning. Strong updrafts push from within. Take from the bottom, through itself, to the top. The electricity it generates inside repeatedly gets released to the outside. The moisture it keeps pushing up finally starts hitting earth in the form of hail. Golf ball size hail. Making vinyl sided houses look like they took on machine gun fire. Stripping leaves from the trees. Hammering cars and roofs. And rain. And more rain. Then it's over. And the blue sky returns as we survey the damage.
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Haney, these are wonderful photos but your words bring them to life...thank you so much for sharing.
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Huge clouds, fascinating to see the clouds in this way.
ReplyDeleteThey look very dangerous and very heavy! I have never seen clouds so fierce! What a tale you tell!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fantastic clouds and capture! We've had a lot of those here in Seattle lately and they are so dramatic and beautiful! Have a great weekend!
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Wow! Think I'd be running for cover too!
ReplyDeleteThey do look like angry clouds. Valerie
ReplyDeleteThat's strange and dramatic! I've never witnessed this sort of a cloud formation before!!
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