PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA Extreme Weather Photo Contest
By Space Coast Daily // April 14, 2015
highlights the beauty and ferocity
NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement satellite mission is working to understanding extreme weather with photos of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. But how do these storms look on the ground?
NASA’s GPM extreme weather photo contest highlights the beauty and ferocity seen first hand from storm-chasers before they duck for cover. Here are NASA’s top five picks from over 100 submissions.
This photo by Jason Weingart, a photography student at the University of Central Florida, shows a Volusia County lifeguard signaling to surfers at Ormond Beach, Fla., that it is time to exit the water.
“The storm actually pushed back on shore as it moved south, and then became strong enough for tornado warnings on three separate occasions. I saw a large wall cloud, another spectacular shelf cloud, and some very tight rotation in the couple hours I stuck with the storm after I left the beach in Ormond,” wrote Weingart.
NASA Fun Fact: “A shelf cloud is a type of arcus cloud with a wedge shape. It is a low level, horizontal cloud formation usually associated with the leading edge of thunderstorms. The leading (outer) part of the shelf cloud appears smooth due to rising cloud motions, while the underside often appears jagged and wind-torn.”
SEE MORE: http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/spring-blooms-on-the-east-coast-as-seen-from-space-150413.htm
