[Magdalen] Line of Storms.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Sitting on my porch right now, it looks like it's fixin' to rain again!! Big thunderheads over the near mountains, sun shining, wind is picking up! Typical summer afternoon...

> On May 27, 2015, at 4:48 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Where I live now is a lot like the Tennessee Valley.....you never know what
> you're going to get, and if you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes! My
> dad always said he'd hate to be a meteorologist in Knoxville for that
> reason. We have had rain and brief thunderstorms off and on here since
> yesterday evening. Our outback is looking downright jungle-y!
> 
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> We just had a sharp line of thunder showers pass through, and they  dumped
>> a welcome 2" rain.
>> 
>> I wouldn't quite say we're in a drought, though the PA Governor has
>> declared that there is such in 27 counties of the NE portion of the  State
>> including Luzerne and Lackawanna (Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton and Scranton)
>> counties.
>> 
>> Today was one of the few times I've seen a well formed line of storms  come
>> into the
>> western portion of Pennsylvania, and march along, west to east in
>> an orderly fashion.  Usually here, such storms are broken up by  the
>> mountains, and what you see on radar in the west is not what you get
>> in the east.
>> 
>> Storms in the Upper Midwest were generally much easier to read,
>> and if there was such a storm in the Twin Cities of MN at, say 10 PM
>> you could bet on seeing the same line of storms in Eau Claire, WI
>> 90 miles west by midnight.
>> 
>> 
>> David Strang.
>>