{"id":2918,"date":"2011-07-28T06:40:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T11:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2013-07-02T00:35:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T05:35:02","slug":"cloud-chasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=2918","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Chasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_chasing_13032.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>A few Fridays ago I spotted some pretty wild clouds overhead and had some time to pursue them. As it turns out, the sky provided a pretty good variety for me&#8230;it just took a little legwork.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_chasing_13038.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"211\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Although the previous photo was taken from the parking lot of Bismarck High School, I knew I needed a better vantage point in order to capture some of the more spectacular sights. I headed for Promontory Point to catch the tail end of this weather system. It had some pretty astonishing lift, making for some really visually appealing artifacts in the clouds.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_chasing_13042.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Here&#8217;s the trailing edge of this weather cell. While it looks pretty cool on its own, it&#8217;s what was taking place within the clouds that was most exciting.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_chasing_13044.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>As you can see, the lines forming within this group of clouds are pretty neat all on their own, illustrating some very unique dynamics within the system. I decided I needed a better look, so I decided to head to Fort Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_chasing_13064.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Sadly, I was told at the gate that the blockhouse hill had been closed because of these very clouds. I was extremely ticked; I mean, why do I pay for a state parks pass if they close whenever it&#8217;s most useful? The blockhouse hill is closed until the sun has risen, it closes at sunset, it closes for weather&#8230; it&#8217;s ridiculous. I retreated to the Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Cemetery for a hasty shot before the sunlight went away for the evening.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/cloud_chasing_13079.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Out by Huff I noticed that I once again had feathery company in my observation of local weather patterns. On the way back I saw several more of his counterparts perched atop power line poles along the highway.<\/p>\n<p>As always, I maintain that North Dakota has some of the most dramatic skies. Keep looking up, or you just might miss &#8217;em!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few Fridays ago I spotted some pretty wild clouds overhead and had some time to pursue them. As it turns out, the sky provided a pretty good variety for me&#8230;it just took a little legwork. Although the previous photo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=2918\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skies-and-stars","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}