Wild Weather by junge1
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This view is from the South Gate of Luke AFB in Glendale (West Valley of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area) toward ESE and shows some of the clouds that are dropping precipitation in North Scottsdale and the East Valley.
This was a crazy day weather wise. At 06:00 it hailed at my house but not long enough to build up. Later it rained on and off. It was cold, windy and miserable, sort of like a lousy day in Germany in November. Our normal temperature here in Phoenix for 20 February is 72F and 50F. On this day it was 52F at midnight, by noon it was 45F and at 18:00 it was 43F. Watching a commercial airliner on approach to Sky Harbor Airport about 20 miles east from Luke, one could see and hear that the crew took all precautions not to get caught by wind shear or any other unexpected weather phenomena.
This picture was taken with my phone at 15:03 on 20 February 2013,
Sig...
Comments (39)
Cyve
Wonderful capture as always!!!
jayfar
A wild and wonderful sky Sig.
Juliette.Gribnau
great shot !
anmes
Heavy sky!! and what happened next,visually??
dochtersions
It seems that these clouds are falling down. So beautiful, but also a threatening sight, Sig.
junge1
An hour after I took this picture, the East Valley, specifically the 101 at Indian bend in North Scottsdale was white from Graupel. 10 lanes of freeway were white and it looked like it was in Chicago (on the News). For once nobody was speeding because nobody knew how to drive in this stuff. Two baseball fields were white and spring training was cancelled. In Marana (north of Tucson) an golf tournament was cancelled and in Tucson it snowed and it looked like Christmas in the Alps. The white stuff in Phoenix was caused by Graupel, a combination of frozen rain, snow flakes and hail. People pulled over and took pictures, sent in pictures of their pools surrounded by snow, kids built snowmen (or more specific graupelmen) and people that had lived here for 30 years stated they had never seen anything like this. I have lived here for 40 years and I saw a little snow sticking on a roof in Phoenix once, in 1982. The elevation of the baseball fields and the 101 and Indian Bend is just under 2,000-ft. Of course that stuff melted really fast.
Richardphotos
very dramatic clouds Sig. similar to what I posted today
farmerC
Exellent shot.
kgb224
The weather patterns is strange the last couple of years. Last year in the winter snow fell for the first time in Pretoria in the 22 years that I reside here. God Bless.
Barbara1337
Another dandy.
AZBO
Your phone take's better picture's than me and my camera
Sea_Dog
Great shot! I think you caught the storm that hit San Diego Tuesday and Wednesday.
vis151
Yes, that was awesome. But we only got a little rain out of it here in Louisiana. We get rain all the time though.
abreojos
Thanks for the weather report :)
UVDan
We had snow out in East Mesa. Nice pic of the angry skies.
auntietk
Here we have highs in the high 40s all week, and overnight lows aren't more than 10F below the day's high. Precip forecast ranges from "Rainy" to "Rain at Times" and "Showers with Sunbreaks." It's windy as all getout today, and I'm hoping we don't lose any big branches. Love the sky in your shot! It's totally normal for up here, but I know it's VERY unusual down there. Enjoy your weather while it lasts, my friend! :)
flavia49
wow! wonderful
junge1
@auntietk. Tara, you live close to Alaska, or is it Canada? What amazed me while I was stationed there, was the variety of words they used to describe the wet stuff, depending on whether it was coming down at angle, vertically, going from side to side or whatever!
junge1
@UVDan. I am not surprised. Saw a picture from Apache Junction and the Superstitions had snow all the way down.
sandra46
GREAT SHOT AND AMAZING WEATHER NEWS...;D
StudioTjeerd
Stunning image of these clouds!
Faemike55
We have just a mild weather watch going on right now (I live south of Tara) almost at the Wa/Or border Cool capture of the clouds
Isabelle711
Now that looks like a very bad storm. :( Most excellent capture my friend. :))))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :))))) Carry A Warm Smile In Your Heart :))))
bebert
very nice sky
bmac62
Signs that the end times are near...lol Ok, I guess the above statement is a little extreme, but the conditions make you wonder don't they? A very menacing phone shot.
bazza
Great wild sky shot Sig lovely and sunny here in NZ.
renecyberdoc
i have the deepest respect of the forces of nature my man.impressive.great capture.
Dreamingbee
looks dramatic Sig!!! great sky
whaleman
Nature stirring up something!
ontar1
Looks like a storm moving in!!!!!!!!!!!!!