Monday, July 19, 2010

Quiet King George county intercept

The local models indicated a bit of instability today, but the best "action" was to take place both north and south of us again (sound familiar?).  So far this has held true, but I did squeeze in an intercept of a neat little shower in King George county.  It never did pack much of a punch, but it came framed by a bright blue sky:

As the base moved in my direction a rain shaft developed underneath, with a bright streak in the left center that was either a unique sun reflection off the rain or a small hail shaft (I couldn't tell which):

Finally the cell developed an outflow that I estimated at 25 knots, not enough to cause damage but good enough to cool me and my location off:
The updraft never punched high enough to create charge separation thus there was no lightning or thunder.  So was this a chase?  I don't know and I don't care...I enjoyed it!

3 comments:

Bob said...

What camera gear are you using? You get some great shots here. I check the blog regularly..

Chris White said...

Bob,
Thanks for your readership. I don't use anything special, just a 5 MP digital Canon with a 4x optical zoom (PowerShot A530). I confess to editing most pictures before I post them to help with the contrasts of dark clouds against brighter skies.

Anonymous said...

WOW! you take fantastic pictures Chris! Love the pix and your blog!

xxxx

Valeen