Wild weather

A vertical shot of the monster HP supercell that pummeled the open range north of Burwell, Nebraska, June 16, 2014. This storm had several rain-wrapped tornadoes earlier in the storm's lifecycle.

Tornado near Mulvane, KS, 6/12/2004. See the rest at www.livejournal.com/users/busychild424/515061.html

NOAA on Instagram: “Better weather forecasts coming your way: The #NOAA @NWS flagship weather model — the Global Forecast System (#GFS) — is undergoing a…”

A patchy drizzle, a snowstorm in the middle of December, a foggy morning and a burst of clear sunshine on that fine Friday afternoon – are all common and equally vital events that happen daily in our atmosphere.

Red sprites and blue jets are very high altitude upper atmospheric phenomena associated with thunderstorms. They have only recently been documented on camera. Red sprites are massive (as big as 20 km in size), but faint luminous flashes that appear directly above an active thunderstorm and coincide with powerful lightning strikes. Blue jets too are a high altitude optical phenomenon, but are different from sprites. They were first documented in 1994. Blue jets are optical ejections from the…

Weather’s wrath; a collection of storm images Which is your favorite? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6? Photography by @willeadesphotography

Tornado

A photograph shows two men standing on a road in front of a tornado in Oklahoma in 1898.

This is the scene of a massive hail storm in Oklahoma City in the heart of twister country. It’s a cause for concern to begin with, and quickly degenerated to the resemblance of a war zone. Holy moly! Incomings all over the place and the people were plain scared out of their wits, and rightfully

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