On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > Great shot. Just curious: what was the weather like after that?
You generally don't want to find out. : ) Seriously, for photographic purposes you want to stay ahead of it. The chasers became the chased as we would reposition east ahead of it, try to find somewhere to take photos that did not have wires in the way (etc.) and skidaddle before it overtook us again. Not too photogenic when it comes over you. It is called a "gust front" because it is essentially a wall of strong wind (this one was measured at 75 mph) on the leading edge of a storm that has gone linear. Behind it is a lot of wind driven heavy precipitation, possibly containing hail. It was one of several co-joined storms that were tornado warned and although tornadoes are unlikely from such structure Superior, Nebraska appears to have taken a hit from tornadic winds that evening. Superior was about 30 miles north of our path. I waited long enough, at one stop, to feel the air go from a humid mid-80s (F) to an ICE cold blast. As soon as I felt that I knew that hail was probably not far behind and we jumped in the car to reposition. We finally tired of running from it as it got dark and found a open bay car wash to sit inside. It has played itself out somewhat by then and we got no hail, just high wind, driving rain and a lot of lightning for a half hour or so. Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
