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A spectacular image reveals the electrical tentacles of red jellyfish sprite lightning in the skies above Texas


McDonald Observatory specialist Stephen Hummel captured a photo of this red jellyfish sprite from Mt. Locke, Texas, on July 2, 2020.
https://www.businessinsider.com/photo-red-jellyfish-sprite-lightning-during-texas-storm-2020-8?fbclid=IwAR3hbNL5b8CPyixt5iJbQWDflsPR_kpLJa-qvcF8GBC5Sa5hsRmC0gY_A30
If you've ever looked up during a thunderstorm and glimpsed a red jellyfish sitting high in the sky, you weren't hallucinating.

These tentacle-like spurts of red lightning are called sprites. They're ultrafast bursts of electricity that crackle through the upper regions of the atmosphere — between 37 and 50 miles up in the sky — and move towards space, according to the European Space Agency.( Read more... )

Mesmerizing wave-like clouds spotted over mountain in Virginia
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mesmerizing-wave-like-clouds-spotted-over-mountain-in-virginia/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=69229142&fbclid=IwAR0G_bUnzBxFTqLZ0RKvVP_-L6c6OIXpGMF6w_9uqos80pao0HtJB-O3COg


They're Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, which usually form on windy days when there is a velocity difference across the interface between two fluids, such as wind blowing over water, according to EarthSky.org.

When there is a difference of air densities, and the upper air is moving at a higher speed, the clouds will whip up into wave-like shapes.

The waves are named after Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz, who studied the physics behind this cloud formation. The presence of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, could mean there is an atmospheric instability – which could mean turbulence for aircraft.

These odd clouds have been stopping people in their tracks for centuries – they are even believed to have inspired Van Gogh's "Starry Night," according to EarthSky.

Lots of water, lots and lots of water lately. Flash flood reports. Think it's been a week of rain. We're good in my neighborhood. When house was bought my Mom and Dad made sure that if the dam breached the house would be safe. I do have a small creek going downhill on the driveway though.

When we first moved here we planted a Pecan tree in the front yard.
My Mom told me that you could tell when winter was over when the Pecan tree budded out.
It hasn't yet.

Yesterday it was 87.3°F at 17:12

Today it's drizzling at 11:32am and 34.6°F

There are freeze warnings out for some of the counties near here in:
Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Wise



I'm in Tarrant.

Fahrenheit- Celsius

Monday**** 48 - 8.9
Tuesday**** 49 - 9.4
Wednesday 69 - 20.6
Thursday*** 80 - 36.7
Friday****** 41 - 8.9
Saturday*** 53 - 11.7
Sunday***** 67 - 19.4

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4667902/hurricane-ophelia-path-storm-hit-britain-uk-weather-latest/

Will Hurricane Ophelia hit Britain?


Hurricane Ophelia is predicted to hit Britain early next week.

The storm was upgraded to a category one hurricane on the night of Wednesday October 11 – making it the tenth hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic season.

It was then upgraded again to a category two storm on the following night as it continued to strengthen.

It is currently just over 600 miles south-west of the Portuguese Azore islands, whipping up 105mph winds as it trundles eastwards, according to the US National Hurricane Centre.

The storm is moving along at a speed of seven miles an hour but it is forecast to significantly pick up pace.

But Ophelia will not be at hurricane status by the time it reaches the UK, as our waters are not warm enough to sustain it at that strength.

It is expected to weaken somewhat Friday night but remain a hurricane for the next couple of days.

Met Office forecaster Alex Burkhill said on Thursday: "Ophelia became a hurricane overnight and the forecast track takes it eastwards towards Iberia for the weekend.

"After that, indications are that by that point it will then have weakened and be no longer a hurricane or tropical storm – it will be extratropical.

"But then it will continue its way towards the British Isles, probably reaching us very early next week."

Ophelia’s arrival will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987, which hit southern England overnight on October 15.( Read more... )

104.9°F 41°C
Feels Like: 113.2°

So Far Today
Hi: 105.2°F @ 4:46 pm
Low: 78.6°F @ 6:47 am
Humidity: 32%
Wind: 5 mph

Lightning snakes across the sky over the Superstition Mountains in Arizona in 2015. Olbinski considers this the most amazing lightning strike of his career.


By Gulnaz Khan
Photographs and Videos by Mike Olbinski
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/united-states/spellbinding-storm-tornado-supercell-videos/?utm_source=NGdotcom-Travel&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=20170413_Travel_Newsletter&utm_campaign=NGdotcom&utm_rd=2108184227
https://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video/332/1022/0000015b-35b0-d590-addf-b5f0054f0000-sized-20130603-booker-03-prores__220548.mp4
A rotating supercell thunderstorm sweeps over Booker, Texas in 2013.


https://pmdvod.nationalgeographic.com/NG_Video/251/467/0000015b-354f-d839-abff-fd7f0bcf0000-incredibleshelf1080p__901182.mp4
A shelf cloud rolls over the Texas Panhandle like an ocean wave in 2016.

//www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/hail-in-paradise_Dallas-Fort-Worth-417135053.html

http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/NBC-5-Viewers-Share-Videos-of-Storms-March-26-2017-417134513.html?t=20

The swimming pool is fun to watch.

https://twitter.com/karicorbin/status/846166084621389824/photo/1

NWS Fort Worth ✔ @NWSFortWorth
8:11pm: Hail Report: Softball size hail (4.25 inch) just north of Corinth, TX. #dfwwx #texomawx
8:13 PM - 26 Mar 2017

Nothing happened, not even rain at my house.