If only humans looked this graceful running away from a thunderstorm.

The Vane is enjoying some time off this week. We ("we") will be back in full capacity on Monday. Enjoy this photo we ("we") took of a thunderstorm the other day. Have a good week and happy weathering.

An Oregon photographer took an absolutely stunning time lapse video of a thunderstorm bubbling up near Mount Hood, sending its gorgeous, multicolored clouds streaming over the snow-capped mountain peak and across the horizon.

A rare event known as a "heat burst" caused temperatures in Russell, Kansas last night to soar from 85° to 93° in less than an hour. To the east, Salina hit 95° at 1:00 AM. These phenomena usually occur in unpopulated areas, so not many people have heard of them. So, what is a heat burst, anyway?

Dubai saw an impressive thunderstorm this past Friday that veiled its famous skyline behind a wall of extremely heavy rain. The desert emirate, located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and home to the tallest building in the world, receives between 3 and 4 inches of rain each year during its comfortably warm winters.