AMS front page is reporting our scientific observation experiment of PBL convergence line and intiation of storms! I'm storm photographer and documentary director of this research,our film will released not long after!@MikeOlbinski@PecosHank
During the blue time on Inner Mongolia prairie after this severe thunderstorm system passed overhead on Sept 14,the increadible mammatus cloud with pink glow has apprared,just like grapes hanging under the sky. Blue color inside the gap is the most magical thing.
Can you imagine that such a severe thunderstorm appeared in west Inner Mongolia on 9.14?The ave precipitation of year is just over 50mm here.Storm brought over 25m/s of downburst and heavy rainfall accompained with dense hail,and also big haboob later.@MikeOlbinski
After 300km of storm chasing,I finally got to this target observation spot and began to shoot the timelapse images sequence of this tremendous supercell mesocyclone.Inflow and outflow wind were all over 17.2m/s and 2+cm of hail decended on the prairie.
The last chase in 2023!Got the timelapse of full process of supercell mesocyclone development in Inner Mongolia(over an hour)!Standing on such a prairie and watching the storm change from a cumulus congest to supercell,all the effort was paid back!@MikeOlbinski
This is a developing severe thunderstorm cell with flanking line structure.According to the radar velocity the rotation speed is increasing fastly and it's going to become a standard supercell storm later.
This is a developing supercell thunderstorm at Hulun Buir city in northeast China,mesocyclone structure was distinct. At the last photo a cg lightning decented just less than 340m away! I got in my car as soon as possible after that...
An insane classic supercell thunderstorm mesocyclone structure at Hulun Buir city in northeast China!This is a scene of storm chasing which stayed in my fantasy for 4 years and now it comes ture!@MikeOlbinski
This is a small supercell thunderstorm mesocyclone over the village in northeast Chins on August 8,2023.Rainfall in RFD circled to the southwest of wall cloud and a tiny funnel cloud formed as I was hit by strong wind from RFD downburst and then I rushed into my car.
An epic outflow dominant supercell shelf cloud with significant cyan hail core on August 3th in northeast China.The damaging wind has reached over 23m/s and then 26.9m/s which blew down lots of trees in the diatant city @MikeOlbinski
Lightning with huge cumulonimbus in the distant in northeast China. Deep blue sky with stars accompany with the thunderstorm in the distant,also a little bit green airglow can be faintly seen over the storm cloud.@MikeOlbinski
A lightning strike with gorgeous orange color during sunset time at Hulun Buir prairie in north China.The rainfall behind was totally lit. Nothing is better than plain for lightning photography!
Some nice lightning strikes at Hulun Buir prairie in north China yesterday. We can see that the right cg lighting in pic1 has purple return strike and blue branches at the same time...so if anyone can tell me what was going on?😲 @MikeOlbinski
The best shelf clouds and whale's mouth I have ever shot!Today when I was chasing a squall line in north China prairie,it suddenly turned into a classic bow-echo which made me rushed to southeast area and then I got such a wonderful shelf clouds ahead of this storm.@MikeOlbinski
An unforgettable thunderstorm chase in Nanjing city,east China.Hardly to see such dense mammatus cloud and well-structured shelf cloud in metropolitan area.Strong downburst from a dying supercell storm hit the center of Nanjing and broken trees are everywhere.
BOOM!This is horrible!Lightning bolts just less than 100m away from me last night over Nanchang city in south China!Entire roof of building was shaking by huge thunder!@MikeOlbinski