{"id":892,"date":"2014-07-08T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?p=892"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:47:49","slug":"8-july-2014-flagstaff-arizona-storm-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2014\/07\/08\/8-july-2014-flagstaff-arizona-storm-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"8 July 2014 | Flagstaff, Arizona | Storm Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, a strong multicell hammered east Flagstaff, dropping up to 2 inches of precipitation including mounds of hail during a 45 minute time frame. Some meager vorticity got stretched into the blue-green updrafts at times and made me wish I had a better vantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2219-Edit_lg-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2219-Edit_lg-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2219-Edit_lg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2219-Edit_lg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2219-Edit_lg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the view from the middle of town was pretty good as a clearing eventually showed a nice rain free base west of Mt. Elden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano_lg-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano_lg-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano_lg-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano_lg-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano_lg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I noticed some laminar striation under the base, but thought it was just an indication of strong inflow. After checking the photos, I noticed that structure may have actually been a shear funnel that lasted a little more than a minute from 4:42 to 4:43 PM.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/assets_c\/2014\/07\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano-Edit_lg-269.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano-Edit_lg-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano-Edit_lg-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano-Edit_lg-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano-Edit_lg-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano-Edit_lg-1536x844.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img20140708_IMG_2238-pano-Edit_lg.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t fully prepared, and decided to shoot a 96 frame time lapse when all I had was a monopod. After Effects stabilization managed to rescue the time lapse pretty nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flagstaff Storm Time Lapse - July 8, 2014\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ix-zW1KwP_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, a strong multicell hammered east Flagstaff, dropping up to 2 inches of precipitation including mounds of hail during a 45 minute time frame. Some meager vorticity got stretched into the blue-green updrafts at times and made me wish I had a better vantage. Still, the view from the middle of town was pretty good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11,24,56,40],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storm-chase","tag-arizona","tag-flagstaff","tag-funnel","tag-storms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892","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=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions\/897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}