The Mesocyclone – Alien Storms

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Time lapse compilation of best mesocyclones and supercells resembling flying saucers, alien crafts and motherships.

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WHAT IS A MESOCYCLONE?
The engine of the strongest and most dangerous thunderstorms and the bringer of the most intense tornadoes on Earth is the mesocyclone. When a thunderstorm develops in an atmosphere with strong changes of wind speed and/or direction with height, the updraft may twist and rotate as a vertical column becoming a mesocyclone. The effects of this mesocyclone on storm clouds can appear otherworldly with wind sculpted structures resembling flying saucers, alien crafts hovering below the storm base or invading motherships casting ominous shadows.

The presence of a mesocyclone can enable a thunderstorm to persist for hours as a supercell. Technically, “mesocyclone” is a term used for radar analysis defining storm-scale rotation in convective storms that meets specific magnitude, vertical depth and duration.

– Cyclonically rotating vortex in a convective storm
– 2-10 km in diameter
– Vorticity 10-2 S-1 or greater

When Doppler radar detects a mesocyclone exhibiting intensifying rotation, a tornado warning may be issued. Most mesocyclones don’t produce tornadoes. Sometimes they produce small brief tornadoes. Sometimes they summon enormous, long-lived monsters. Mesocyclones are often accompanied by frequent lightning activity that is especially evident at night. On May 25th, this year in New Mexico storm chasers gawked for hours as an almost stationary supercell delivered an out-of-this-world light show.

All Cinematography and Music by Pecos Hank

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37 thoughts on “The Mesocyclone – Alien Storms”

  5. Beautiful footage and intel. Makes me miss storm chasing a bit. But at least watching the videos is a bit safer than making the videos. Thank you for sharing and I pray you get to continue your passions endlessly.

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  10. glad i live in europe… but in Romania.. recently many storms (not like usa) but the wind did knock out our tent we setup in the backyard, scared tfhe freak out of my cats. all 3 kittens running around the yard panicking from a thunder strike 3 kilometers away… if i move in this tornado alley, my whole house will be at least 5 meters underground. immunity 100%

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  13. It's amazing to see how some of these mesocyclones have this huge hat shaped top and a flat bottom. Feels like it's showing the world "look how dangerous and big I am, be glad I'm not fully touching the surface of the earth."

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  17. We had one of these bad boys in Milan, italy tuesday at 4am. Caused chaos everywhere. A small tornado touched down too, no deaths thankfully. Glass repair shops had huge queues lol

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  26. Those storm cloud formations and time lapses are breath-takingly beautiful. Pecos Hank, you put together some awesome video footage. I think it would be advisable for anyone in the direct path of these storms to seek safety in a storm shelter. The music was great too, my friend. 😄

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  27. This music is amazing, Pecos Hank! It reminds me of the scene in Natural Born Killers where Dwayne Eddy's "The Twister" is playing while a tornado hits a ranch. Do you have any other music recorded on an album to share?

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  29. @ Pecos loving the music in this one brother. Giving me war of the worlds vibes, horsell common and the heat ray. If you’ve never heard it give it a listen. Warning though, you’ll end up down a rabbit hole.

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