Your Odd and Unusual or Unexplained Weather Photos

[Jim Saueressig]

In the spirit of the "Best of Threads" I am curious what the oddest or most unusual or unexplained weather is that you have ever photographed. It does not have to be 2008. Seems we all have some like the (kings foot photo on another thread)

In my case I have a few that stick out in my mind: (click on photos for larger version.)

Unusual:

Horseshoe Vortices:




Mini Multi Vortex type (shear?) funnel:



Unexplained:

This was the updraft area of a storm last year near Humbolt KS. Is this a non embedded wall or what? Note Funnel. This is the SW end of the cell looking E on a NE mover. This is feeding the cell just out of sight to the left. (See Video)




Video previous to taking the stills! Might give an idea of the whole structure.

 

[Eric Flescher]

very unusal wish I had a camera to photograph it

It was in the 1980's late, and I was on Mission Avenue at the Old U of Kansas Regents center campus in one of the classrooms about a mile north of I-435, Overland Park ,KS.

In between a break in the class, I look north out the classroom as I hear there's a thunderstorms and severe weather nearby.

There was this tube like structure stretching all the way from the North stretching Southward. There was the jet like stream going through the "tube" at a very high rate of speed heading toward I-435. It was not rolling - the stream was going through the "tube" like water through a hose.

Maybe it was a type of beavertail?

I have never been able to figure out what the heck it was . I heard there was a funnel over near I-435 which I could not see but I could not confirm that.

Anyone have a clue or taken a photo something like it so I can get some closure on this enigma?

Any help appreciated

 

[Jim Saueressig]

There was this tube like structure stretching all the way from the North stretching Southward. There was the jet like stream going through the "tube" at a very high rate of speed heading toward I-435. It was not rolling - the stream was going through the "tube" like water through a hose.

Maybe it was a type of beavertail?

Any help appreciated

Size? Color? Height? was it ending in a cloud or just horizon to horizon?