One of the most brilliant and blazing sunsets I had seen, which is still true to this day, adorned the northwestern Oklahoma skies that final April of the 1980s. The mammatus-festooned anvil material is actually backsheared (forced back against the prevailing upper-level flow) by its parent supercell, unseen to the right. Even when the chase ends with no tornado, moments like this compel reverential reflection on the awe of nature, and make all the day’s travel utterly worthwhile.
