Germany

The most photogenic supercell of 2019. Probably the most photogenic supercell we chased this year

Thunderstorm with a nice shelf cloud in southern Germany.

The devastating Pentecost storm that swept over North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in 2014. The storm was described as one of the most violent in decades by the German weather service.

Very nice structure during the thunderstorm in Bavaria.

After a hot day, numerous thunderstorms formed between the Alps and Munich.

Shortly after a strong thunderstorm cell passed over our location near Fulda (Hessen, Germany), a second, weaker thunderstorm formed.

Sometimes there are storm colors and moods that you can only explain as “wow”.

Another view of an impressive shelf cloud at the coast of the Baltic Sea

Nice evening mood during a thunderstorm in Altöting, Bavaria.

Sky full of mammatus clouds on a weakening storm in southern Bavaria

After moving towards Eastern Bavaria, the lightning activity quickly increased and beautiful laminar structures formed on this shelf cloud near Dorfen.

An ingenious crawler action on the back of the powerful thunderstorm cell west of Munich.

Impressive shelf cloud near the lighthouse in the north of Schleswig-Holstein

Shelf cloud near Ulm in southern Germany

Incredible atmosphere over the Chiemsee.

Awesome lightning strikes over the Chiemsee.

A strong thunderstorm over Altötting, Bavaria.

It was very impressive. An unstable air mass with excellent shear and sufficient moisture was able to form this supercell.

Downbursts are strong downdrafts that are often associated with intense heavy rain and hail. As soon as the downdraft reaches the ground, it spreads sideways, and the wind can reach hurricane force.

Powerful cell south of Munich with nice structure, which was producing some great CGs and crawlers at this time.

Mesocyclone structure on an HP supercell west of Bad Tölz, as it was moving east close to the mountains. At this point the supercell reached its peak intensity with lots of close lightning strikes

Such an amazing experience after waiting for more than two hours in the Bavarian landscape. This storm managed to form these insane structures in only 15 minutes.

After becoming outflow-dominant, the HP supercell quickly changed into a severe line of storms, giving us still some good structure.

Ahead of a cluster of storms a powerful supercell developed in the Oberammergau area in the early afternoon.