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Written by Reed Timmer   
Monday, 04 January 2010 21:56
reed_2 reed_25Check out these photos of a textbook Southern Hemispere supercell intercepted yesterday just west of Santa Isabella, Argentina, in western La Pampa province.  Notice how the updraft base is located on the north side of the rain core!  We then punched into the core and saw extensive large tree damage to the south of San Rafael as well as abundant hail, but I think the bases were a little too high for a tornado touchdown.  Tomorrow (Jan 5 will be a different story though as dewpoints are forecast to be in the upper 60s as a massive shortwave ejects over Argentina during peak heating, hence the best parameters for tornadoes so far this trip, even compared to the first day.  I've also included some photos of some beautiful mammatus clouds on the back side of a supercell west of San Luis.  Today, we saw a herd of over a dozen ostrichs cross the road right in front of us!  My goal is to get a tornado with ostrichs running at 60 mph in the foreground.  More to come over the next few days!  
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+8 #1 t-o-r-n-a-d-ogirl91 2010-01-05 00:32 Great pictures:) I love them. Argentina loves the one and only Reed Timmer.
 
 
+1 #2 marcioriva 2010-01-05 03:37 simply amazing, I loved the photos, one better than other, I can't wait to see the next.
 
 
-2 #3 mmancuso1018 2010-01-05 06:23 Amazing pictures of an amazing sky! Hopefully you guys get a few more good days down there. Looks like Reed had a glitch with his internet last night, he posted this article three times.
 
 
+3 #4 springerjen 2010-01-05 08:30 Awesome photos!! Hey, tip for you guys, can you post which direction you are facing when taking the photos? It would help us in the northern hemisphere get a little more oriented. LOL!
 
 
+3 #5 chrisstorm94 2010-01-05 16:17 looks like fun! i love the pictures
 
 
-3 #6 chicagochaser135 2010-01-05 17:47 techincally they are Niandu, a cousin of the ostrich.
 
 
-3 #7 alienvenom 2010-01-05 22:51 awesome sky pictures! nice to see you dominating dominating dominating dominating dominating dominating dominating dominating dominating down south!
 
 
+2 #8 weatherluvr 2010-01-05 23:11 You guys look like you are having the time of your lives…thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!!
 
 
+2 #9 smalltexan 2010-01-06 13:07 Man Tornadoes love the tvn team i guess thats a good thing!! Great Pics
 
 
0 #10 scotweather 2010-01-19 13:37 Fab pictures! Would love to go Storm Chasing in the USA
 

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