Formation of a super cell

[Guest PasadenaCA]

Pretty impressive.

Watch it in HD.

[RA1]

One interesting thing about weather such as this "out west" is that cells are seldom embedded, meaning they are not surrounded by other clouds. This makes it a lot easier to circumnavigate them because one can see the beginning and end of the cell with the naked eye. This does not make them any less ferocious.

In the Mid-South, we have to depend much more on radar because a huge percentage of level 5's, tornadoes and other "nasties" are embedded.

Best regards,

RA1

[AdamSmith]

RA1, thx. That explains to me why I found this so weird and unusual -- in NC like TN, truly horrible weather sneaks in under cover of just normally lousy weather. Little or no visual warning until too late.