Skylapse.org: 24 July 2012 Derecho

An animated gif and longer lapse of a shelf cloud associated with the early-morning passage of a derecho-producing convective system at NIU on 24 July 2012. I also created two other animated gifs of the shelf and whale's mouth associated with this event. Additional details on my storm chase blog.

Purpose

The skylapse.org blog is a collection of video embeds, animated gifs, and other illustrations that reveal atmospheric features that may be normally subtle or elusive in real-time, but come to life when the time-lapse technique is applied. The sole intention of creating the blog was to generate a library of ready-to-use visual atmospheric illustrations for pedagogical purposes. While some of the imagery in the blog is my own, most are derived from video sharing sites and, subsequently, embedded or hyperlinked. Please use the "labels" feature below to quickly find examples of phenomena.