wery strange! I haven´t seen anything which looks like this.It coul be Hp Supercell. There is an intensive rain on background.high lightning activity. Anyway its not safe to stay outside. my own experience.
Indeed, this was a massive storm. I don't believe this had any rotation associated with it - I didn't see any lowering in the video, although it is possible that it may have had a history of a mesocyclone earlier. Either way, this was an incredible storm. The darkness alone tells you how thick the storm cloud (cumulonimbus) is on the vertical.
If it wasn't a supercell, then it must have had a history of it being one earlier in during the storm or straight after the development of the storm. The storm could of just ben a severe T-storm.
The primary reason behind thunderstorms, particularly severe thunderstorms having such a dark base, as in this excellent video, is simply because the cumulonimbus cloud mass is so thick on the vertical that sunlight cannot penetrate it and reach the base level. Whatever meager sunlight does reach there is absorbed by the large amount of water droplets present. As a result, for our eyes, we perceive the base as being dark and frightening because visible light is not reaching them.
I kinda knew that, but thanks for the info. I've been through storms like that and they normlly bring hell with them. How bad was the storm you were in? To me it looks scary and cool. So u can say that the cloud base acts as a sponge the takes light from the sun an keeps it. Right?
Yes, I guess you can say that! Typically when a cumulus cloud is greater than a kilometer in thickness on the vertical, very little light penetrates it and more light is reflected at the same time; we know with severe t-storms, they extend for many kilometers! Cloud droplets at the base of the cloud may also become larger due to the strong downdrafts of the storm, and as a result, they become better absorbers than scatterers. Consequently, the cloud base becomes increasingly darker.
The storm I was in last July was pretty powerful, although the lightning was not so vehement as seen here. The rain was heavy and the winds from the downdraft were strong enough to do light to moderate damage. The most powerful supercell I've ever seen was in July 1999 - the downdraft gusts were at times in excess of 150 km/h, while we had lashing rains, golf ball-sized hail and about 4-5 lightning occurrences per second. The storm lasted for nearly 1 hour and 30 mins - what a night.
I can tell it was a super because of the very heavly precipitation and the shelf cloud. It was an hp super-cell correct? So as the base gets darker, so does the density of the water droplets in the air. Right? Because the bigger the water droplets, the denser they are, and the more light they absorb and reflect some of the sunlight. Correct?
Although by the time that storm rolled into my area, it was a little tougher to discern whether it was still maintained supercell status since it didn't seem to possess any distinctive rotation along the shelf, even though the storm had a history of rotation before reaching me. I doubt this would have been an LP supercell since the heavy rains were reaching the ground successfully without being evaporated (virga).
Any clue on when the started to devleop, and what directiom did it came from? So it is a HP supercell. Well since it doesn't didn't any tornadoes being produced at the time, was there any wind shear?
When I was tracking the storm on radar, I seem to recall it developing around 5:00 p.m and arriving in my region just about an hour after from the WNW. Checking Doppler radar, wind shear was present at the time, particularly in the form of directional shear. Given the storm having a history of rotation and its relatively long lifespan, it is likely that wind shear was involved in sustaining the storm by separating the updraft area from the downdraft, which is essential for supercells.
The darkness of the base is simply a function of cloud thickness and the amount/size of the cloud droplets present there. Since cloud droplets likely grow large in severe thunderstorms, the water loading density naturally increases at the base, but because they grow larger, again they become better absorbers of visible light and progressively poorer scatteres. The degree of reflection taking place depends on the thickness of the cloud - the thicker the cloud, the more light is reflected.
So I am correct about it. I'm 16 and I study meteorology. It's almost amazing how I know this stuff. The Midwest U.S has some really wierd weather going on here right.
It's good to hear that you're interested in meteorology. I've been interested in the field since I was a child and have been studying it ever since.
The U.S is currently facing a variety of severe weather conditions - snowstorm in the Dakotas (not helping with the flooding) and persistent tornadoes in the U.S Southeast.
I'd like to visit the Midwest sometime to storm chase and take photos. If you'd like, you can subscribe to my videos to see the latest storm footage I post.:)
Yeah. The weather here in the midwest is really wierd. Its pretty cold for the month of March. I studied this stuff since I was 8. I'm also considering storm chaseing this summer with some other people. The weather seems wild, so I think it will be a good season to do it. Ithica in Italy or Greece? Can't really figure it out.
I believe this video was shot in Ithaca, New York, which is located on the Southern Shore of Cayuga Lake in the central portion of the state.
It has been a fairly cold Winter and early Spring in much of North America, which is mainly responsible for the copious snows in parts of Western Canada and the U.S. Hopefully, more invasions of warm moist air will migrate further North from the Gulf in order to get severe t-storms going!
If it was a supercell, my only opinion is HP one... Cause - LP supercell, has little or no precipitation, often only precipitation is hail, and the hail shaft looks alot diffrent if comparing it to the rain shaft... There is something appearing to be shelf cloud at the leading edge, and behind it, is RAIN shaft. So HP...But it may not be a supercell... We can't confirm that without the Doppler radar velocity images... But if it has history of rotation, it is probably a supercell...
If it wasn't a supercell, then it must have had a history of it being one earlier in during the storm or straight after the development of the storm. The storm could of just been a severe T-storm.
Thats a macroburst right there!
josecitoperecito 2 months ago
beautiful classic thunderstorm
oregonducks987 4 months ago
Crazy to have remained out there, filming the storm, especially close to water like that
mikemantrek27 8 months ago
lightning every 1/4 to 2 seconds =S
MrDingbat4life 9 months ago
wery strange! I haven´t seen anything which looks like this.It coul be Hp Supercell. There is an intensive rain on background.high lightning activity. Anyway its not safe to stay outside. my own experience.
wonka12321 11 months ago
One of the best storms on youtube
andyknight1 1 year ago
Isn't being next to water one of the worst places to be.. :P
AndyJay15 1 year ago
Awesome shelf cloud lots of lightning too
bwo68 1 year ago
:O Tornado forming! runnnnn!!!!!!!!!
AshleyMaddi 1 year ago
Then what happened?
hebneh 1 year ago
holy shit i would shit myself if i saw dat but itz awsum
xXgothicgrl 1 year ago
wow I want to be there in to the storm I like this crazy weather
MrShanfara 1 year ago
crazy lightning and very dark cloud! good job, man!
GamingSuperBoy 1 year ago
WTF!!! You are so crazy doing that. if i were there, i would get the hell out of there!!!
Anyway, its an awesom vid. Good catch. :D
Trainsim010 1 year ago
you crazy man the edge of the storm is the most dangerous point
SkatingIsMyWayOfLife 1 year ago
Beautiful!
astrofranck 1 year ago
ithica,ny?
Ravenherbie53 1 year ago
nice storm, very frequent lightning
TheWormHorse 1 year ago
WOAH MY GOD ive seen worse though the power went out at a pool where i live wen i was there friggin crazy storm
sillyneckbrace 2 years ago
Wow, that looks really massive. Heavy....
martinheck1 2 years ago
that shit looks like the outer walls of hell
itzahazylife 2 years ago
you r so brave to be out there. Well, braver than me :)
aboutashow 2 years ago
Nice storm. Would like to have had a view of it without those trees next to the boathouse.
daveharries 2 years ago
Wow that gets increasingly scary. It goes completely dark (: Never the less it was amazing to see.
thecoolestluzer123 2 years ago
Great Video. Any hail?
kindbluey 2 years ago
Wow, that was a huge thunderstorm. It was good it wasn't a tornado.
Nice video!
Xcat2 2 years ago
Hi Xcat,
Indeed, this was a massive storm. I don't believe this had any rotation associated with it - I didn't see any lowering in the video, although it is possible that it may have had a history of a mesocyclone earlier. Either way, this was an incredible storm. The darkness alone tells you how thick the storm cloud (cumulonimbus) is on the vertical.
~Trav.~
Rain1290 2 years ago
If it wasn't a supercell, then it must have had a history of it being one earlier in during the storm or straight after the development of the storm. The storm could of just ben a severe T-storm.
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
Maybe a hybrid supercell/multicell thunderstorm...
TomynhoSk 2 years ago
Yeah could be, cuz supercells are not common in N.Y. So it could of been a multicell thunderstorm.
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
Whoa! That storm turned day into night!
FA22RaiseHell 3 years ago
The primary reason behind thunderstorms, particularly severe thunderstorms having such a dark base, as in this excellent video, is simply because the cumulonimbus cloud mass is so thick on the vertical that sunlight cannot penetrate it and reach the base level. Whatever meager sunlight does reach there is absorbed by the large amount of water droplets present. As a result, for our eyes, we perceive the base as being dark and frightening because visible light is not reaching them.
~Trav.~
Rain1290 2 years ago
I kinda knew that, but thanks for the info. I've been through storms like that and they normlly bring hell with them. How bad was the storm you were in? To me it looks scary and cool. So u can say that the cloud base acts as a sponge the takes light from the sun an keeps it. Right?
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
Yes, I guess you can say that! Typically when a cumulus cloud is greater than a kilometer in thickness on the vertical, very little light penetrates it and more light is reflected at the same time; we know with severe t-storms, they extend for many kilometers! Cloud droplets at the base of the cloud may also become larger due to the strong downdrafts of the storm, and as a result, they become better absorbers than scatterers. Consequently, the cloud base becomes increasingly darker.
~Trav.~
Rain1290 2 years ago
The storm I was in last July was pretty powerful, although the lightning was not so vehement as seen here. The rain was heavy and the winds from the downdraft were strong enough to do light to moderate damage. The most powerful supercell I've ever seen was in July 1999 - the downdraft gusts were at times in excess of 150 km/h, while we had lashing rains, golf ball-sized hail and about 4-5 lightning occurrences per second. The storm lasted for nearly 1 hour and 30 mins - what a night.
~Trav.~
Rain1290 2 years ago
I can tell it was a super because of the very heavly precipitation and the shelf cloud. It was an hp super-cell correct? So as the base gets darker, so does the density of the water droplets in the air. Right? Because the bigger the water droplets, the denser they are, and the more light they absorb and reflect some of the sunlight. Correct?
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
Although by the time that storm rolled into my area, it was a little tougher to discern whether it was still maintained supercell status since it didn't seem to possess any distinctive rotation along the shelf, even though the storm had a history of rotation before reaching me. I doubt this would have been an LP supercell since the heavy rains were reaching the ground successfully without being evaporated (virga).
Onto your next question...
Rain1290 2 years ago
Any clue on when the started to devleop, and what directiom did it came from? So it is a HP supercell. Well since it doesn't didn't any tornadoes being produced at the time, was there any wind shear?
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
When I was tracking the storm on radar, I seem to recall it developing around 5:00 p.m and arriving in my region just about an hour after from the WNW. Checking Doppler radar, wind shear was present at the time, particularly in the form of directional shear. Given the storm having a history of rotation and its relatively long lifespan, it is likely that wind shear was involved in sustaining the storm by separating the updraft area from the downdraft, which is essential for supercells.
~Trav.~
Rain1290 2 years ago
Well... Mainly, helicity and 0-6km shear affects the type of the storm... And tornadoes are mostly affected by 0-1km shear
TomynhoSk 2 years ago
The darkness of the base is simply a function of cloud thickness and the amount/size of the cloud droplets present there. Since cloud droplets likely grow large in severe thunderstorms, the water loading density naturally increases at the base, but because they grow larger, again they become better absorbers of visible light and progressively poorer scatteres. The degree of reflection taking place depends on the thickness of the cloud - the thicker the cloud, the more light is reflected.
Rain1290 2 years ago
So I am correct about it. I'm 16 and I study meteorology. It's almost amazing how I know this stuff. The Midwest U.S has some really wierd weather going on here right.
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
It's good to hear that you're interested in meteorology. I've been interested in the field since I was a child and have been studying it ever since.
The U.S is currently facing a variety of severe weather conditions - snowstorm in the Dakotas (not helping with the flooding) and persistent tornadoes in the U.S Southeast.
I'd like to visit the Midwest sometime to storm chase and take photos. If you'd like, you can subscribe to my videos to see the latest storm footage I post.:)
~Trav.~
Rain1290 2 years ago
Yeah. The weather here in the midwest is really wierd. Its pretty cold for the month of March. I studied this stuff since I was 8. I'm also considering storm chaseing this summer with some other people. The weather seems wild, so I think it will be a good season to do it. Ithica in Italy or Greece? Can't really figure it out.
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
I believe this video was shot in Ithaca, New York, which is located on the Southern Shore of Cayuga Lake in the central portion of the state.
It has been a fairly cold Winter and early Spring in much of North America, which is mainly responsible for the copious snows in parts of Western Canada and the U.S. Hopefully, more invasions of warm moist air will migrate further North from the Gulf in order to get severe t-storms going!
Best of luck in your storm chases.
~Trav.~
Rain1290 2 years ago
Thanks. I think that the U.S would hav e a very active year in weather.
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
If it was a supercell, my only opinion is HP one... Cause - LP supercell, has little or no precipitation, often only precipitation is hail, and the hail shaft looks alot diffrent if comparing it to the rain shaft... There is something appearing to be shelf cloud at the leading edge, and behind it, is RAIN shaft. So HP...But it may not be a supercell... We can't confirm that without the Doppler radar velocity images... But if it has history of rotation, it is probably a supercell...
TomynhoSk 2 years ago
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If it wasn't a supercell, then it must have had a history of it being one earlier in during the storm or straight after the development of the storm. The storm could of just been a severe T-storm.
FA22RaiseHell 2 years ago
I love storms. Thanks for posting this. :-) On a side note, the best stuff always happens when you are not looking in the direction of the storm.
Sing4God87 3 years ago
wow big dark clouds;) cool man and 2:37 finaly it touch the ground nice nice nice!
governer180 3 years ago
i wish i was there
Lucasblake90 3 years ago
Is this Ithica,ny?
Weather120 3 years ago
FINALLY! Someone who can hold a fucking camera and shoot a storm!
Good fucking job bro.
TruthUnderFire 3 years ago
I grew up near there it was awesome to look at home
lookingforghosts 3 years ago
thunder is amazing. the sound is simply great. also standing near the water when lightning is surrounding you is totally the smartest thing to do.
mexboiii 3 years ago
Man... You really should have been inside... That thunder at 3:00 sounded way too close for comfort. Sweet vid though.
ThatGuyOverThere123 3 years ago
awesome video!
is this ithica NY?
MesocycloneEvo 3 years ago
scary. i wouldnt be near the water though.
knowsthatknowledge 3 years ago
that is intense thunder. phenominal. thank you very much for posting.
jconnor1988 3 years ago
such an intense storm!! ty for posting
123girl234 3 years ago
Insane shelf cloud!
Cchrisbud813 4 years ago
I love dark storm cloud;-)!
RowanAthikson 4 years ago
that looks very cool with the rain coming
merlk9 4 years ago
Cool..!!
Where is Ithaca?
RowanAthikson 4 years ago
severe lightning and water,sounds like trouble
pinkorange12 4 years ago
Amazing video man...i wish i was there. Did it produce any tornadoes??
mezpezlez 4 years ago