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  1. Gatorrari

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    #1 Gatorrari, Jul 24, 2021
    I found this photo of a microburst rainstorm over Phoenix; sure looks like a nuclear mushroom cloud! Trying to fly through it could be just as deadly.

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  2. Bob Parks

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    #2 Bob Parks, Jul 24, 2021
    That is deadly looking and absolutely is.
     
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    #3 Alpintourer, Jul 24, 2021
    Looks like the Devil's Tower with a low ceiling.
     
  4. Hannibal308

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    #4 Hannibal308, Aug 1, 2021
    Flew around one just like that yesterday as it was dumping on top of Mingus mountain east of Prescott AZ. It was surreal. I was flying from Cottonwood to Prescott and the thing was right between the two. Needless to say, I took a pretty generous detour around it. PRC tower cleared me to land when I called them just popping over the mountains 20 miles away. There wasn’t another plane flying...anywhere. AZ flyers have a healthy fear of boomers. For good reason...two of my planes got taken out by a tornado on the deck at a PRC just two weeks ago. Almost the entire Embry-Riddle fleet was damaged and non-airworthy afterward. Crazy stuff, weather.
     
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  5. tazandjan

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    #5 tazandjan, Aug 2, 2021
    Looks like a mountain on a good radar.
     
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    #6 Hannibal308, Aug 2, 2021
    And just as worthy of avoiding...
     
  7. jcurry

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    #7 jcurry, Aug 3, 2021
    Com'on man, water injection increases thrust. This is good, no? ;)
     
  8. westextifosi

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    #8 westextifosi, Aug 3, 2021
    Drive into that and additional thrust might be the last thing on your mind.
     
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