Lars LowinskiWeather Consulting

Journal · Skies & landscapes

Watching the sky

Storms, lightning, winter weather and the quieter light in between. Photographed while chasing in Europe and the US.

Branching lightning over wooded hills at dusk, a meadow in the foreground — Lightning over the hillsStorms

Trees and a birch bent to the ground under a coating of ice after freezing rain — Freezing rainWinter

A thin rope tornado reaching the ground under a storm, lit gold by the setting sun, trees silhouetted in front — Rope tornado at sunsetStorms

A shelf cloud sweeping over wind turbines and ploughed fields — Shelf cloud over the wind farmStorms

Huge storm waves breaking against a seafront restaurant — Storm waves on the coastCoast

Black and white photo of huge waves breaking over a harbour wall in front of a lighthouse — Waves over the harbour wallCoast

A group of birches in a snowy meadow, fading into thick fog — Birches in winter fogWinter

Turbulent storm clouds and a rain shaft over a dirt road and open grassland — Under the stormStorms

Morning mist drifting between houses and trees, chimney smoke rising in the low sun — Morning mist over the villageLandscape

Sunrise over a frozen, snow-covered moor — Frozen moor at sunriseWinter

A cone tornado descending from a dark storm over a harvested wheat field — Tornado over the wheat fieldStorms

Lightning beside a towering cumulonimbus lit by evening sun — Lightning beside the towerStorms

A small white chapel by a lake under a dark, lowering storm cloud — Storm over the chapelStorms

Trees emerging from morning mist in a valley — Valley mistLandscape

Mammatus clouds hanging from a storm anvil above rooftops at dusk — Mammatus at duskStorms

A thunderstorm with a rain shaft crossing farmland, seen from a country road — Storm over farmlandStorms

Morning mist drifting through a valley of fields and trees in golden light — Golden valley mistLandscape

Snow-covered tussocks of grass in a frozen moorland pool under a grey sky — Snow on the moorWinter

A leaning birch heavy with snow in front of a snowy forest — Snow-laden birchWinter

Bare trees standing in floodwater at dusk, reflected in the still water, town lights on the far bank — River in flood at duskFlood

Storm notes

Behind the pictures

Short write-ups on the weather behind notable events: what happened, why, and what it meant on the ground.

The first storm notes are coming soon.