James Beasley and I are just leaving Springfield in the dark and the thunderstorms this morning, so there will be no video map discussion today. I hope to be nestled back home by this evening, but for now nature is providing us with a marvelous display of lightning.
We are in Tornado Watch Number 796 and just heard on the radio that there are several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in effect for counties east of our location. But for now with the thunderstorms ahead of us we are getting a fantastic display of anvil lightning. That's the kind that streaks across the sky with multiple forks. Just moments ago there were two fabulous discharges, one of which looked like it was coming out of the sky at us.
And just this second, cloud to ground lightning seemed to strike one of two tall towers just to the left of our route. The strike was quite bright and the lightning channel seemed to hang there for a second or two. The tower lights did not go out but it was extremely bright in the cloudy early morning sky with just the hint of light on the horizon.
Our drive should be interesting as we trek eastward and then southeast toward home with plenty of weather ahead of us. I've got the digital camera handy and ready to shoot anything that looks interesting.
James and I had an interesting time at the Missouri LEPC Conference. LEPC stands for Local Emergency Planning Committee and this conference had over 200 registrations from Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, and Kansas. We talked to many people about the Stratus Station camera/weather systems. Yesterday afternoon our Internet connection was good so we had one laptop viewing the Central Alabama cameras with the other laptop displaying the BMX radar. We had a crowd at our booth for much of the afternoon. We also had to keep one radar display on the local Springfield WSR-88D because of the interest in weather in southern and eastern Missouri.
I plan to have a web video map discussion on the server tomorrow morning plus I'll be filling in for John Oldshue Sunday. Hope you have a great day.
-Brian-
We are in Tornado Watch Number 796 and just heard on the radio that there are several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in effect for counties east of our location. But for now with the thunderstorms ahead of us we are getting a fantastic display of anvil lightning. That's the kind that streaks across the sky with multiple forks. Just moments ago there were two fabulous discharges, one of which looked like it was coming out of the sky at us.
And just this second, cloud to ground lightning seemed to strike one of two tall towers just to the left of our route. The strike was quite bright and the lightning channel seemed to hang there for a second or two. The tower lights did not go out but it was extremely bright in the cloudy early morning sky with just the hint of light on the horizon.
Our drive should be interesting as we trek eastward and then southeast toward home with plenty of weather ahead of us. I've got the digital camera handy and ready to shoot anything that looks interesting.
James and I had an interesting time at the Missouri LEPC Conference. LEPC stands for Local Emergency Planning Committee and this conference had over 200 registrations from Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, and Kansas. We talked to many people about the Stratus Station camera/weather systems. Yesterday afternoon our Internet connection was good so we had one laptop viewing the Central Alabama cameras with the other laptop displaying the BMX radar. We had a crowd at our booth for much of the afternoon. We also had to keep one radar display on the local Springfield WSR-88D because of the interest in weather in southern and eastern Missouri.
I plan to have a web video map discussion on the server tomorrow morning plus I'll be filling in for John Oldshue Sunday. Hope you have a great day.
-Brian-
on September 23, 2006, 10:07 am
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