Some recent pics from New Mexico

[John Farley]

Not enough here for a reports thread, but I caught a couple photogenic events in New Mexico this month.

September 15 - a couple pretty storms near Bernal, NM.

More pics and info at http://www.johnefarley.com/chase91511.htm

September 26 - Virga lit by setting sun, Velarde, NM.

Another pic and brief discussion at http://www.johnefarley.com/virga92611.htm

 

[Stephen Levine]

Thank you for sharing the beauty! Your storm photo looks like a fledgling wall cloud and funnel is developing at the rear of the system.

 

[joel ewing]

Nice shots, John. Did that funnel ever touch down?
New Mexico is right next door to me here in Arizona, and like us....it's a state that varies greatly in the way it looks from north to south. I've always felt New Mexico is flat-out gorgeous. For those of you that can kind of relate to what I mean....it's a state that in many places...has it's own unique "vibe". Some of the most wicked, vicious tornadic storms that I've seen have been in New Mex. Does anybody remember the "incredible dust-munching-earth-eating" storm about 5 or 6 years ago?

 

[John Farley]

To my knowledge, the funnel, if it was one, did not ever touch down. I was too far away to verify rotation, but it was in the right place and certainly could have been a funnel. But it did not last for more than a few minutes, and there were no tornadoes that I am aware of.

 

[David Hoadley]

Thanks for sharing and great photo of a convective tower! In my opinion, there are two possible funnels. Using an old rule-of-thumb from way back in the early days, if a vortex is more than half way to the ground, and the ground is obscured, some touchdown is presumed to have occurred. You had two possibilities here. If I were you, I'd count at least one of these as an actual tornado, probably the narrow tube on the right. This was sparesely populated country, and there likely wasn't anyone else around who was looking in that direction at just that moment. Think John Davies "low-topped supercells." - - - Dave Hoadley

 

[Bob Hartig]

Just plain beautiful, that's all, both photos. Thanks, John!