Thunderstorms: signs in the clouds

[Gaiter]

I found this discriptive article on weather.com about what to watch for in the clouds for signs of bad weather. http://www.weather.com/activities/re...ngwxintro.html

enjoy!

[sherrill]

Good article. One rule of thumb I've always adhered to is to stop and check the sky if I hear thunder, even if the sun is shining where I'm at.

And if I see flashes at night, I'll check the wind flow. Just because you don't hear the thunder doesn't mean it's not headed your way.

[Two Speed]

Ditto, good article, and well worth the few minutes it takes to read it.

[freefall]

Decent article. Just remember, lightening can strike from 30+ miles away.


I love sitting on a overlook, watching a receding thunderstorm and the lightening jumping from ridge to ridge.

Awsome spectacle!!! And for me, worth the risk.

[TIDE-HSV]

have taught me all that he's set out there, although not in such neat algorithms. However, what I want to know is why, when threatening weather approaches, I'm so seldom in a position to do anything more about it other than hunker down? Well, that's hyperbole, but not by much...

[eyewall]

Check this out instead...

http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/classroom/
practical_mountain.php

[walkin' wally]

Despite the weakness of the winter sun we do have thunder in the winter if there is a large difference in temps during a snowstorm such as a front going through. It isn't common but it does happen.

[sherrill]

I can verify that, I've seen a lightening flash and heard thunder twice during a snowstorm. Every time we got a foot plus.

[TIDE-HSV]

but that was pre-global warming, when north Alabama still had snow storms, thirty years or so ago...

[RiverWarriorPJ]

Check this out instead...

Why "INSTEAD"..??..How bout "ALSO"..??..