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Sunday Fun: Cloud Flexing Its Muscles

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As an airplane flies by, the cumulus cloud formation is one of a football player's shoulder pads while extending an arm to show off a muscle. There is even a neck hole in the shoulder pads. Photo taken August 10 in Tulsa. 

Downburst and Spectacular Thunderstorm

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The view from my home this evening.  Nothing like the Kansas Sky! This was right at sunset and the tall cumulonimbus cloud was catching the orange rays. In the foreground is a line of towering cumulus clouds along the outflow winds caused by a downburst near the Sedgwick - Sumner county line.  Below is a closeup of the towering cumulus moving toward me.  The towering cumulus were along the leading edge of a downburst's outflow.  The curved orange line represents the northern edge of downburst winds at 8:27pm. The yellow polygon is a National Weather Service severe thunderstorm warning. 

A Beautiful End to Father's Day

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Towering cumulus clouds will grow into thunderstorms and bring needed rain to southeast Kansas. Those, plus the moon, make for a beautiful way to end a wonderful Father's Day.