Lightning show from mid-air

On the way back from the National Weather Association Annual meeting, the plane I was in flew by a few thunderstorms. I got lucky enough to take a video of the storm as we cruised by.

The storm was in Friona, Texas.

Radar shot of storm near Friona, Texas // Courtesy: Radarscope

From the airplane GPS available, we were located just south of the radar image above. And we were up at 35,000 feet moving at about 550mph.

By far the coolest almost-storm-chase I’ve ever been on. Pretty cool!



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Nick Lilja

Nick is former television meteorologist with stints in Amarillo and Hattiesburg. During his time in Hattiesburg, he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a graduate of both Oregon State and Syracuse University that now calls Houston home. Now that he is retired from TV, he maintains this blog in his spare time.