(Three years ago, I shattered a windshield there in softball-sized hail, while two years ago, I encountered a wildfire-induced rotating thunderstorm.) Two hours later, I was still chasing the storm — carefully avoiding baseball-sized hail as ominous positively charged lightning bolts leaped well ahead of the storm. ADADI watched as one blew up into a thunderstorm, before long rotating as it took on a sculpted supercell appearance. On May 24, I chased storms near Lubbock, Tex. The next week featured rather unimpressive storms but afforded some memorable sights — towering sunset storms near Snyder, Tex., and “virga” produced by evaporating rain in Minnesota.

Source: Washington Post August 09, 2020 16:18 UTC