Plane and Pilot, November 1st, 2000
Threatening skies over Guam took the Pacific by storm
To my left, the spiral arms of Typhoon Jelawat spawn huge, embedded thunderstorms, monsters of black cloud and lightning with classic anvil tops towering nine miles above the normally placid Philippine Sea. The clouds reach out for me, deadly in their beauty. I can't help being fascinated by the soft mushroom shapes. Most weather in the Pacific is benign and peaceful. Without the lifting force of terrain or the connective action of warm earth, clouds in this region normally build in leisurely fashion, formed mostly by a simple excess of hu...
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