The red variant reminds me of a blood moon.
That being said to me this feels more like the eye of a tornado than a storm. I think it'd provide more gravatas to the effect if it was slower - slowly whirling clouds would also emphasise make the sparse lightning strikes. The latter are currently drowned in the noise and barely noticeable.

It's a design constraint we gathered feedback and tuned around for quite some time. I point it out in the FAQ, but it was aimed in the interest of the growing community sentiment to better adhere towards team recognition. Hope allowances can be made for that with this one.

I agree - I actually really love the BLU variant but I hate the RED one...I think the BLU should just be the default, it looks really nice

I'm not a big fan of the team-colored variant, I think if you just left it as "blu" for both teams, it would be better. The red one is more suited for a halloween effect in my opinion. Otherwise, I really like the "blu" version of this effect.