Menacing Mesocyclone Over Sacramento: Photo Of The Day

SACRAMENTO, CA — If you took a look at the sky over Sacramento at 3:15 Tuesday afternoon, you may have thought that you were in Kansas instead of California. Claus Weisemann captured this photo of a mesocyclone, defined as "a cyclonic air mass associated with a supercell; its presence is a condition for a tornado warning." Claus also snapped a radar image on his phone at the same time, with circular arrows showing the rotation in the supercell.

Thank you for sharing your images, Claus!

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