About 10 years ago during the evening I watched a cloud that looked like this. It was full of lightning bolts that crawled around the anvil and sometimes a big bolt would shoot out of the anvil and strike the water below (the surface of Lake Erie). It turned out to be a supercell thunderstorm that had some mesocyclonic rotation, possibly even a tornado/waterspout.
Incorrect. Overshooting tops occur in storms with extremely powerful updrafts. The majority of thunderstorms do not produce these; the majority of Supercells, however, have overshooting tops. This simulation is to showcase a run of the mill, afternoon thunderstorm in the summer. This storm does not have a rotating updraft; so the downdraft is competing and eventually wins out, leading to dissipation.
I don't know, man. I've been casually observing storms for a few years now and barely remember seeing any with perfectly flat tops even though I live in an area where the vast majority of them are pretty weak. I mean, it kinda makes sense. Anything moving has some momentum regardless of speed. Which means it's not going to be able to stop exactly at the equilibrium point. When the updraft dies, it might settle to be completely flat, but initially I'd imagine there should be a little bit going over. I'm just an amateur talking out of my ass though.
@@Quitobito Yeah, if your thunderstorms are weak then they won't be flat. The flatness is because they reach equilibrium (ie, troposphere or the part where the troposphere merges with the stratosphere.) Due to changes in pressure and temperature, it's very hard for updrafts to breach this. Your average pulse storm on an afternoon will not be able too, but they can reach high enough. Of course most things are not perfectly flat, this is real life and the atmosphere is not 1:1. Equilibrium changes. This is a graphic, why would you expect it to be exactly like real life?
its weird how I always see these clouds on hot days. Usually 80-99 degree days I see these surrounding my city. I saw larger ones when going to Palm Springs which was 108 degrees.
simplified explanation, but, the higher the ground gets, the higher the above air gets, and because hotter air is more buoyant, it causes convection, and the more of a temperature gradient, referred to as instability, the more it can ascend before reaching equilibrium.
hotter days cause more expansion of heat in the form of convection. And hotter temperatures can hold more water vapour in the atmosphere. Those two factors coupled together, along with atmospheric instability, cause TCU and CB development, and thunderstorms
During extremely humid years (such as western Midwest 2024), you'll notice that you get a thunderstorm, it cools off, it clears up, it gets really hot, you get another thunderstorm etc. Which is pretty cool. I know cumulonimbi require more than just heat, like hail storms need a warm/cold front to clash with a cold/warm front/space. Its pretty random whether you get a thunderstorm in a non humid year like western Midwest 2022
As a Type 1 Wildland Fire Fighter we depend heavily upon accurate local & regional weather reports and sound local forecasting. Federal & State Wildland Fire Agencies require all Type 1 Wildland Fire Fighters to take & pass the S series courses each year as a refresher to learn new discoveries in Fire behaviors and Weather Science. Having an advanced knowledge & understanding to how weather influences the immediate Fire environment helps us save lives. The S series course, the I-290: Intermediate Wildland Fire Weather & Fire Behavior class emphasizes Meteorological phenomena and how it evolves with the fire environment. Understanding Weather systems, micro climates, differences in clouds, name identification & understanding the atmospheric conditions that cause stability & create instability is critical to Wildfire environment. Cirrus Clouds are the very high altitude wispy clouds made up of ice crystals. These clouds often look like Skeleton ribs in the sky & they are a sign of unstable atmospheric conditions. The topic of stability in atmospheric science is important because the formation of clouds is closely related to stability or instability in the atmosphere. Question: what causes weather? Answer: The Sun.
I’m used to sunny than a tornado then sunny again . Also have experienced it be 70F then hour later it’s 40 and snowing then hour later back to 70 . Snow never was expected but I couldn’t have been the only one that was surprised
Pretty good...but the simulation didn't show the way the top of the cloud system freezes and the ice particles get carried by wind ahead of the main body of the cloud...hence giving the anvil shape. I believe I'm right is saying it is the freezing of the top of the cloud that adds power to the cloud system by having rapidly thawing ice particles dropping back down inside the system, being lifted again by the up draught, re freezing, dropping back down etc....constantly adding energy to the storm system?
Air-mass cumilonimbi, which is shown here, lack the wind-shear and generally don’t produce tornados. Even then if one is somehow produced it would be very weak (not all tornadoes come from supercells, the wind-shear-based thunderstorms).
La tropopausa no está a 7 km de altura... Varia entre 12.000 y 16.000 metros (12 a 16 km de altura) cuanto más hacia los tropicos más altura. Quien hizo el video deberia informarse un poco.
it's amazing how explosively it develops when the air gets hot enough from the sun
its all about the c.a.p breaking :D - watching it is awesome
About 10 years ago during the evening I watched a cloud that looked like this. It was full of lightning bolts that crawled around the anvil and sometimes a big bolt would shoot out of the anvil and strike the water below (the surface of Lake Erie). It turned out to be a supercell thunderstorm that had some mesocyclonic rotation, possibly even a tornado/waterspout.
Most of the time these also have Overshooting Tops as well
Most days last longer than 60 minutes.
Incorrect. Overshooting tops occur in storms with extremely powerful updrafts. The majority of thunderstorms do not produce these; the majority of Supercells, however, have overshooting tops. This simulation is to showcase a run of the mill, afternoon thunderstorm in the summer. This storm does not have a rotating updraft; so the downdraft is competing and eventually wins out, leading to dissipation.
I don't know, man. I've been casually observing storms for a few years now and barely remember seeing any with perfectly flat tops even though I live in an area where the vast majority of them are pretty weak. I mean, it kinda makes sense. Anything moving has some momentum regardless of speed. Which means it's not going to be able to stop exactly at the equilibrium point. When the updraft dies, it might settle to be completely flat, but initially I'd imagine there should be a little bit going over. I'm just an amateur talking out of my ass though.
@@Quitobito Yeah, if your thunderstorms are weak then they won't be flat. The flatness is because they reach equilibrium (ie, troposphere or the part where the troposphere merges with the stratosphere.) Due to changes in pressure and temperature, it's very hard for updrafts to breach this. Your average pulse storm on an afternoon will not be able too, but they can reach high enough.
Of course most things are not perfectly flat, this is real life and the atmosphere is not 1:1. Equilibrium changes. This is a graphic, why would you expect it to be exactly like real life?
Like a nuke?
The most Storms going up to 10-14 km heights and having overshooting tops!
depends if it is in the tropics where the tropopause is typically higher
its weird how I always see these clouds on hot days. Usually 80-99 degree days I see these surrounding my city. I saw larger ones when going to Palm Springs which was 108 degrees.
simplified explanation, but, the higher the ground gets, the higher the above air gets, and because hotter air is more buoyant, it causes convection, and the more of a temperature gradient, referred to as instability, the more it can ascend before reaching equilibrium.
hotter days cause more expansion of heat in the form of convection. And hotter temperatures can hold more water vapour in the atmosphere. Those two factors coupled together, along with atmospheric instability, cause TCU and CB development, and thunderstorms
it's because the heat helps them form.
@@binguettedidn’t know that thanks good sir
@@Goofykid191 no problem!
That was isolated!
Very cool! This should have more views.
It looks like flames at this speed.
"Mom how are clouds made?"
"Well once you see a cold front your instincts will kick in"
Really great video! Make more
Yeah sure I'll watch that instead of sleeping.
Im curious, is this simply an animation or an actual site/app that you can check out?
Idk
Just had one of those last night, gorgeous stuff!
During extremely humid years (such as western Midwest 2024), you'll notice that you get a thunderstorm, it cools off, it clears up, it gets really hot, you get another thunderstorm etc. Which is pretty cool. I know cumulonimbi require more than just heat, like hail storms need a warm/cold front to clash with a cold/warm front/space. Its pretty random whether you get a thunderstorm in a non humid year like western Midwest 2022
As a Type 1 Wildland Fire Fighter we depend heavily upon accurate local & regional weather reports and sound local forecasting.
Federal & State Wildland Fire Agencies require all Type 1 Wildland Fire Fighters to take & pass the S series courses each year as a refresher to learn new discoveries in Fire behaviors and Weather Science. Having an advanced knowledge & understanding to how weather influences the immediate Fire environment helps us save lives. The S series course, the I-290: Intermediate Wildland Fire Weather & Fire Behavior class emphasizes Meteorological phenomena and how it evolves with the fire environment. Understanding Weather systems, micro climates, differences in clouds, name identification & understanding the atmospheric conditions that cause stability & create instability is critical to Wildfire environment. Cirrus Clouds are the very high altitude wispy clouds made up of ice crystals. These clouds often look like Skeleton ribs in the sky & they are a sign of unstable atmospheric conditions. The topic of stability in atmospheric science is important because the formation of clouds is closely related to stability or instability in the atmosphere.
Question: what causes weather?
Answer: The Sun.
And the Earth? Hello, Coriolis.
@@Quitobito as opposed to Jupiter…
This species of clouds is called Cumulonimbus Incus (anvil in latin)
i wish this animatio was an website
This is a very neat animation 👌
Dose the curvature of the earth need to be considered/incorporated or compensated for with your calculations etc?
Best simulation ever! It's the most realistic ever!
wait until you find out about CM1
Not a very bad simulation of an isolated thunderstorm ⛈️! 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Crazy how it seems to hit an invisible barrier at the top
0:52 WHAT HAPPENS SUN
Crazy how a storm can form in such a short space of time.
I’m used to sunny than a tornado then sunny again .
Also have experienced it be 70F then hour later it’s 40 and snowing then hour later back to 70 . Snow never was expected but I couldn’t have been the only one that was surprised
Possible to get access to?
Is that simulator based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics?
is audio procedural as well?
Pretty good...but the simulation didn't show the way the top of the cloud system freezes and the ice particles get carried by wind ahead of the main body of the cloud...hence giving the anvil shape. I believe I'm right is saying it is the freezing of the top of the cloud that adds power to the cloud system by having rapidly thawing ice particles dropping back down inside the system, being lifted again by the up draught, re freezing, dropping back down etc....constantly adding energy to the storm system?
it's simplified
that sounds beautiful
So like why don't tornadoes form in the cumulonimbus part, that area in the sky that looks like an anvil?
Tornadoes need a mesocyclone (rotation due to wind shear) to form
Air-mass cumilonimbi, which is shown here, lack the wind-shear and generally don’t produce tornados. Even then if one is somehow produced it would be very weak (not all tornadoes come from supercells, the wind-shear-based thunderstorms).
IT LOOKS LIKE THERES AN WHOLE CHAOS INSIDE THE CLOUDS
Is this animation, it would be a bummer if it was animation because this is so cool and I want to do this for myself.
Its probably a blender simulation
NO THIS IS GOD WHO DOES IT NOT THIS WEIRD PRESSURE WIND
How do you get that game on pc
sadly its not a game its just animated :(
La tropopausa no está a 7 km de altura... Varia entre 12.000 y 16.000 metros (12 a 16 km de altura) cuanto más hacia los tropicos más altura. Quien hizo el video deberia informarse un poco.
Hammerhead!
You meant anvil ?
so nobodys gonna talk how the video is exactlh a minute
No
Cumulonimbus: RWAR!
Too much updraft motion, not enough rotation
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Not a ton of science here..
Actually, there is science
bro wakes up and just decides to lie on the internet
That was an absolutely horrible visualization of the life cycle of a thunderstorm!
I have honestly never seen one any worse.
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