I took this quick shot yesterday afternoon from Lema Ranch in Redding. This classic supercell looked almost like a mushroom cloud. Mineral is about 70 miles from Redding by car, so you can just imagine the huge size of this structure in the sky.
This from Wikipedia:
Supercell storms are large, severe quasi-steady-state storms which feature wind speed and direction that vary with height (“wind shear”), separate downdrafts and updrafts (i.e., precipitation is not falling through the updraft) and a strong, rotating updraft. These storms normally have such powerful updrafts that the top of the cloud (or anvil) can break through the troposphere and reach into the lower levels of the stratosphere and can be 15 miles (24 km) wide. At least 90 percent of this type of thunderstorm bring severe weather. These storms can produce destructive tornadoes, sometimes F3 or higher, extremely large hailstones (4 inches / 10 centimeters diameter), straight-line winds in excess of 80 mph (130 km/h), and flash floods. In fact, most tornadoes occur from this type of thunderstorm. Supercells are the most powerful type of thunderstorm.
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