Beautiful shelf cloud south of Munich by Michi Hutter

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

Shelf cloud during sunset in Northern Italy by Michi Hutter

Panorama of the intense hail core of this severe line of thunderstorms with a photogenic shelf cloud on its front.

Laminar structures on a storm east of Munich by Michi Hutter

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

Ingenious crawler lightning in Bavaria by Michi Hutter

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

Colorful storm formations near Ferrara by Michi Hutter

This was the big highlight of a severe weather outbreak on that day in the Plains of Northern Italy.

Bolt from the blue at the coast of Rome by Michi Hutter

As the supercell moved southward along the coast, multiple CGs brightened up the sky on the backside of this storm.

Frequent lightning at the coast of Livorno by Michi Hutter

After a calm night storms were firing up close to the coast of Tuscany.

Strobe lightning along the coast of Rome by Michi Hutter

Shortly after a powerful supercell hit the city of Civitavecchia, an impressive lightning show began.

Bluish supercell in the plains of Lazio by Michi Hutter

In the afternoon the very moist air mass at the coast of Lazio exploded and an isolated supercell formed near Orbetello.

Wall cloud north of the Port of Rome by Michi Hutter

Very low wall cloud of a supercell north of Port of Civitavecchia, also known as Port of Rome.

Supercell over the Port of Rome by Michi Hutter

Powerful supercell over the Port of Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Powerful supercell near Tarquinia by Michi Hutter

The photo was taken just a few moments after a powerful supercell began to rapidly intensify.

LP supercell spinning across the Plains of Ferrara by Michi Hutter

This was the first storm during a high-shear setup with multiple supercells in Northern Italy.

Impressive supercell west of Bad Tölz by Michi Hutter

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

Insane structures of the supercell near Bad Tölz by Michi Hutter

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.

Line of severe storms in southern Bavaria by Michi Hutter

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

Powerful HP supercell in Bad Tölz by Michi Hutter

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

A magical storm in Bavaria by Michi Hutter

The Bavarian edge of the Alps did its magic again.

Massive wall cloud over the Bavarian Alps by Michi Hutter

A beautiful wall cloud came over the mountains of the Bavarian Alps with frequent lightning all around it.

Dramatic structure over vineyards in Germany  by Michi Hutter

In the afternoon a very dynamic cell formed near Pforzheim and passed just north of our location near Großbottwar in the area of Stuttgart.

The Bad Tölz supercell by Michi Hutter

The greenish glittering hail core of the HP supercell south of Bad Tölz.

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