the-birth-of-a-thunderstorm_240806

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:12:43 -0600

While walking to Shed 2 to get the mower this afternoon, I was most surprised to see this little cell in its infancy just a few miles away. Otherwise, the weather was nearly severe clear and lots of sun.

Grabbed the photo then pulled up the radar and saw that it was a bit further away than I thought and was just north of downtown and, moving in our direction.

Got busy with the mower maintenance and forgot all about it but never heard thunder and never saw a drop but the photo is a great example of a new tstorm in the making. (All the air movement is upward and it hasn't nearly reached the high altitudes where the temperature is much colder and the water vapor starts to condense and fall down outside the center of the updraft causing..you guessed it..rain.) (grin)