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Hurricane Bound For Texas Slowed By Large Land Mass To The South

Storm Vectored

We had a few "bubblies" pop up around town today - turned into nothing but they were enough to briefly cause the local air traffic control to route approaching airliners over my apartment.

Snapped this as Southwest flew over rattling the windows. Welcome to Amarillo!

Even on fair-weather days our skies provide good photo opportunities .

=Steve

Colorado Tornado video

Very pretty - and very dusty - but this twister looks like a rather weak low energy tornado. Doesn't even seem to damage the trees or homes, thank goodness!

Goodbye Summer ...

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Another severe weather season has come and gone, and unlike the wild weather that plagued the country during the early weeks of Spring, our severe weather season was quite (unfortunately for us storm chasers) less than spectacular.

Sure we had some great and photogenic storms and i got some amazing shots this season, but this year we had a unusually cool summer.

We still have plenty of warm weather ahead and our secondary severe storm season ( as powerhouse cold fronts begin to sweep down from Canada and collide with moist Gulf air) and is something I always look forward to every year ( once I went storm chasing on Halloween) but for the most part our severe weather season is all but over.

Overt the next few weeks I will be posting some of my photos i took this severe season, so check back often. Once that has been done, look for fall foliage and then snow scenes, if we have any this year.

I hope you have enjoyed this blog and will visit it often.

-Steve Douglass

Photographed at 9:15 PM on 8-24-08.

A small but beautiful thunderhead popped up just before dusk north of Amarillo, almost a wave goodbye to summer.

It was a good one.

2008 West Texas Weather Rhapsody

I just completed my weather video for this year. Since it wasn't exactly a banner year, I was forced to add a few images from my archives to flesh the thing out.

Crank up the volume, I worked hard on the sound as well.

Keep in mind, this is not meant to be storm chaser video diary, but rather an emotional expression on how it feels to be an insignificant human humbled by the beauty of our immense Panhandle skies.

The music is from August Rush - it fit just perfectly what I had in mind, which was to capture the majesty and reverence i have for our amazing weather vistas.

Please leave a comment.

-Steve Douglass

Polish Bus Slammed By Tornado.

Hereford Buried In Hail

More Arcus Farcus/Mammatus!

Photos by Dale Stanton

Arcus Cloud

Photographer Shelley Sparks shot this "Arcus" cloud photograph of tonight's approaching storm. The ragged leading edge and layered appearance is due to a wave of moist air being pushed out ahead of the storm.

It was severe before it came into Amarillo but turned to rain once it hit the city.

Looking West - By Shelley Sparks

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On The Wing

One from tonight's storm. Kind of artsy-fartsy but you take what you get - and then Photoshop the heck out of it!

-Steve

PS: The (cranes?) were there. They weren't shopped in.

Free Electricity

I shot this just NW of Amarillo this evening on Loop 335 , just north of I-40. Xcel energy was saying today because of an equipment failure they may have to initiate rolling blackouts across the city. Why can't they just capture some lightning?

I did.

-Steve Douglass

P.S. Thanks Dale for toting me out there with ya tonight!

Amazing Slow Motion Lightning Video

Roger Hill's Ultimate Tornados.

Outrunning An F-4!

Pale Panhandle Moon

One of the great things about living in the Texas Panhandle during the Spring is our great mountainous cloudscapes.

-Steve Douglass

Wind Power

A weathered but iconic symbol of West Texas stands tall against a towering storm.

Last Gasp

We've had some good old fashion-non-severe rainfall over the last few days, which has also kept us unusually cool (for July) with highs only in the low 80s.

Since it was such a lovely night, my sister, her beau and moi set out to take a few cloud photos.

As the sun was setting I spotted this dying rainstorm off on the horizon. it struck me as reaching up into the atmosphere to try and catch some of the last rays of the Sun.

-Steve Douglass

Ken Hanson's Cowboy & Christian Poetry Blog

Check out my good friend Ken Hanson's poetry blog!


It's filled with humor, heart and home-spun country wisdom.

Van gets struck by lightning. Must see video!

Goodbye Sunshine; By Dale Stanton

A tree seemingly points to a partially obscured sun. This photo was taken last last night as some dying storms moved into the western and northern parts of the Texas Panhandle.

See more of Dale's photography by clicking on the title.