September 20, partII
Just as I finished up posting the last post, a nice little shelf cloud came rolling in from the northwest, so I went a mile north and set up. Nice treat for the last day of summer!
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Red Deer, Alberta
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Monday, Dec 1
Mostly Cloudy
Currently: 4˚ C
Feels Like: 2˚ C
Hi: 6˚, Lo: -8˚
Tonight: -8˚
Sunset: 4:26 PM
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Tuesday, Dec 2
Hi: -1˚, Lo: -12˚Wednesday, Dec 3
Hi: -4˚, Lo: -14˚
Thursday, Dec 4
Hi: 1˚, Lo: -3˚
Friday, Dec 5
Hi: 6˚, Lo: -4˚
weather feed courtesy of weather.com
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i dont think this is a shelf cloud because i went to a shelf cloud link that a blogger posted on tv.net and his picture he took of a shelf cloud looked alot different than this. WOW! i think you got a funnel in that third picture and you didnt even know! take a look in the middle towards the left! i bet that was rotating so fast too! im sure this was tornado warned. i forecasted a 30-40% chance of storms today in alberta. good luck!
September 22nd, 2007 at 8:50 amhopefully you get my sarcasm…glad you got these shots since i didnt have my camera at work!!!
From Wiki:
“A shelf cloud is a low, horizontal wedge-shaped arcus cloud, associated with a thunderstorm gust front (or occasionally with a cold front, even in the absence of thunderstorms). Unlike a roll cloud, a shelf cloud is attached to the base of the parent cloud above it (usually a thunderstorm). Rising cloud motion often can be seen in the leading (outer) part of the shelf cloud, while the underside often appears turbulent, boiling, and wind-torn.”
It wasn’t an “Kansas in May” shelf, but still pretty good for this late here.
What a treat it would be to get a nice fall thunderstorm today
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:14 pmI added the 3rd pic because of that little dingle, I was watching for cold funnels, and it does look like a funnel, but it wasn’t spinning and vaporized about 3 minutes after this shot.
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:22 pmAre you the P. Boomer who graduated from Onalaska High School in Wisconsin? Please write back if so, from a high school friend….
Debbie
September 22nd, 2007 at 9:42 pmHi Debbie.
September 23rd, 2007 at 10:29 amSorry, I’m not the P.Boomer you are thinking of.
Alberta born and raised here