{"id":2426,"date":"2025-04-03T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:56:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:56:03","slug":"3-april-2025-arkansas-shelf-cloud-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/03\/3-april-2025-arkansas-shelf-cloud-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"3 April 2025 | Arkansas | Shelf Cloud Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I headed south out of Memphis and then back west into Arkansas to shoot for warm advection storms forming south of a stationary front. The best I could manage was a few quick shots of a heavy but diffuse gust front and then a lot of driving trying to get a decent angle on a supercell that just wouldn&#8217;t let me get a decent shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/image.mux.com\/hcYnDp1iel00ny8gbz3vMC4XTnc9sM01Kwgty316Zy4eY\/thumbnail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/stream.mux.com\/hcYnDp1iel00ny8gbz3vMC4XTnc9sM01Kwgty316Zy4eY.m3u8\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/03\/3-april-2025-arkansas-shelf-cloud-bust\/img20250403-_5__2117_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2117_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2117_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2117_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2117_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2117_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Driving beneath a diffuse gust front near Clarksdale, MS \u2014 2002Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/03\/3-april-2025-arkansas-shelf-cloud-bust\/img20250403-_5__2130_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2130_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2130_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2130_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2130_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2130_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Near Star City, AR, as a long shelf cloud moves in \u2014 0001Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/03\/3-april-2025-arkansas-shelf-cloud-bust\/img20250403-_5__2133_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2133_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2133_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2133_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2133_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2133_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fast moving and linear \u2014 2004Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/03\/3-april-2025-arkansas-shelf-cloud-bust\/img20250403-_5__2136_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2136_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2136_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2136_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2136_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2136_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Advancing gust front before I got overtaken and left behind \u2014&nbsp;2008Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2025\/04\/03\/3-april-2025-arkansas-shelf-cloud-bust\/img20250403-_5__2168_1280px\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2168_1280px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2168_1280px.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2168_1280px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2168_1280px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/img20250403-_5__2168_1280px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After dark, even the lightning was elusive. Near Crocketts Bluff, AR \u2014 0137Z<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I headed south out of Memphis and then back west into Arkansas to shoot for warm advection storms forming south of a stationary front. The best I could manage was a few quick shots of a heavy but diffuse gust front and then a lot of driving trying to get a decent angle on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions\/2434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}