Strange weather question

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:30:21 GMT, cavelamb himself
wrote:


Gig 601XL Builder wrote:


WHat you probably saw was a shadow. As you moved the area in the shadow
moved up.

Ok, but twice?

And - shadow of what?


What, no mountains in Texas? :-)

http://www.wanttaja.com/sunrise_shadow.jpg

Ron Wanttaja


None that look like that!

Nor any that look or move like a lightning bolt...

Hey, if I could have easily explained ir away I wouldn't have mentioned it.

Very strange looking thing.

FWIW

Richard

None that look like that!

Nor any that look or move like a lightning bolt...

Hey, if I could have easily explained ir away I wouldn't have mentioned it.

Very strange looking thing.

I think I may have seen something similar here in CO a few times. If
it was a fairly narrow black / bulish / purple stripe that shot up
from the ground about as fast a lightning. Did it last more than a
second? The first time I saw something like that, I assumed that a
radio tower had been struck, and some wire had just vaporized leaving
a black trail of smoke. But then I saw it again off in the distance,
and there's nothing out in that direction taller than a cow. Very
odd.

We get a lot of mixed, isolated conditions in the front range corridor
between Denver, Boulder, and Ft. Collins b/c of the mountains (14k)
and passes. On most days, you can see it raining 30 miles away by the
telltale rain shafts and shadows. Those are usually wide and last
quite a long time... on the order of 10-15 minutes or more. The sunny
areas look like someone is shining a spotlight down on them. I agree
that what you saw wasn't a shadow, but I dunno what to call it either.

Harry "watchin the skys" Frey

wright1902glider wrote:
None that look like that!

Nor any that look or move like a lightning bolt...

Hey, if I could have easily explained ir away I wouldn't have mentioned it.

Very strange looking thing.


I think I may have seen something similar here in CO a few times. If
it was a fairly narrow black / bulish / purple stripe that shot up
from the ground about as fast a lightning. Did it last more than a
second?

Yep and yep!


The first time I saw something like that, I assumed that a
radio tower had been struck, and some wire had just vaporized leaving
a black trail of smoke. But then I saw it again off in the distance,
and there's nothing out in that direction taller than a cow. Very
odd.


Same here.
But the cow was hiding under a bush.


We get a lot of mixed, isolated conditions in the front range corridor
between Denver, Boulder, and Ft. Collins b/c of the mountains (14k)
and passes. On most days, you can see it raining 30 miles away by the
telltale rain shafts and shadows. Those are usually wide and last
quite a long time... on the order of 10-15 minutes or more. The sunny
areas look like someone is shining a spotlight down on them. I agree
that what you saw wasn't a shadow, but I dunno what to call it either.

Harry "watchin the skys" Frey



Thanks Harry.


Richard