11 August
Nocturnal storms moving in from the southwest sent me up to Sunset Crater National Monument for a try at some shots. CGs were very reluctant as the storms weakened on approach. I still wound up with some rim lighting on the cloud base as a consolation.
Nocturnal lightning display at Sunset Crater National Monument - 0908Z
21 August
No storm chasing going on here, just spontaneous German Shepherds in the sky.
Convection or dog with a stick from east Flagstaff - 0152Z
26 August
Another day of southwest flow had me out at the Winona/I-40 exit shooting some time lapse photography. As a strong storm set up over Flagstaff. This one picked up a weak (~14 mph radial velocity), pulsey velocity couplet through 4 slices for about 20 minutes. Not enough to qualify as even a minimal mesocyclone. Structure, as far as Flagstaff storms go, was pretty nice and it covered the San Francisco Peaks in a white cap of hail. I drove further east to Buffalo Range Road and got a look at a pretty nice shelf moving in. It was interesting to watch the time lapse on that as a northbound gust front interacted with it and sent a cool whirl along the shelf.
Sheared convection east of Flagstaff looking north from Winona/I-40 exit - 2002Z
Storm building over Flagstaff looking west from Winona/I-40 exit - 2010Z
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Shelf cloud looking west from Buffalo Range Road/I-40 exit - 2103Z
Hail on the San Francisco Peaks from Hwy 180 west of Flagstaff - 0035Z
2 September
One more southwest flow day back out at Twin Arrows to watch for the occasional shelf or lowering near Merrill Crater. As convection filled in southward, a building gust front loaded up with meshing gears of vorticity to wrap up the time lapse.
Convection and lowering north of Twin Arrows/I-40 exit - 1833Z
No landspouts, just galaxy cores overhead - 1958Z
Passing convection and gust front looking northeast from Twin Arrows/I-40 exit - 1904Z
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