May 15, 2006

How's the weather?

from - RSA

We had the craziest five minutes of weather I've seen in the Raleigh, NC, area in the past ten years or so. Between 65 and 75 degrees, slightly cloudy in the afternoon, and suddenly, big chunks of Texas-sized hail. I took a couple of quick snapshots. Here's what was landing on the sun umbrella in my backyard:

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All that white stuff on the left is hail. You can see the blurs of hail still falling at the time. Fortunately, there was little to no damage, aside from a few dings on the copper cover of a solar light I'd put out on a post not thirty minutes earlier. A bit later we see what remained on our front porch.

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Those are pretty ordinary sized maple leaves, which gives you an idea about how big the hailstones are. Of course, half an hour later they were all gone, and the usual heat caused pretty much every outdoor surface--grass, road, etc.--to start steaming. Interesting images, overall.

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Posted by RSA at May 15, 2006 10:44 AM
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Where is the photo?

And the weather has been absolutely weird here in North Georgia too. I have been lovin' it but it has been weird!

univar.jpg Posted by Buck on May 15, 2006 10:55 AM
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Crap! I didn't mean to post that without pictures. I'll get on it.

univar.jpg Posted by RSA on May 15, 2006 02:20 PM
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I assume it made one helluva noise falling. Hail can be a mighty frightening thing especially if you do not have a garage.

univar.jpg Posted by Buck on May 15, 2006 04:42 PM
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Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten about all the noise. We have a room with a sun roof, and at one point I was slightly afraid that the hail was going to come right through it! Fortunately, we do have a garage. When I was living in Texas back in the '80s, we didn't have a garage, and a hailstorm caused a few thousand dollars damage to our car. We were lucky this time.

univar.jpg Posted by RSA on May 15, 2006 05:04 PM
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Nice photos!

univar.jpg Posted by alice on May 15, 2006 07:41 PM
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I think those are oak leaves.

univar.jpg Posted by Vol Abroad on May 23, 2006 05:40 AM
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Oh, I'm a nature ignoramus. I think you're right--they don't look anything like maple leaves.

univar.jpg Posted by RSA on May 24, 2006 12:27 PM
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