Late December Thundershower

Today between 1100 and 1135 a thundershower rolled over our house. It looked more impressive on radar than it actually was, producing less than 0.05" rain in half an hour, and virtually no wind at all. The thunder was nearly constant, though, and a couple of visible streaks of lightning hit about a mile to the northeast.

After the big snow on the 8th, we had an inch on the 11th, two inches on the 15th and another inch on the 16th. Also, on the 14th, we had about a half inch of sleet/freezing rain/snow. The snow cover had packed to a solid 6" by the 16th, and remained fully preserved by a cold snap that finally let up on the 22nd.

On the 23rd, my rain bucket reported 0.05" precipitation even though the sky was clear, due to its frozen contents finally melting. The temperature has remained above freezing (except for a low of 30° on Christmas Eve) since then, and the only snow cover left is “pile remnants” (some of which are quite significant). From the 24th thru the 26th, we had 0.51" of rain, and so far today we’ve had 0.09" of rain.

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awc 2005-12-28 11:54