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So, crazy carless girl hasn't come back yet. I hope that means she found a ride, but now at least I'm in my PJs so I have an excuse that won't make me feel totally mean about not driving her.
ALSO - there's a WICKED looking storm headed Paddle's way. I've been watching it approach with excitement. There's even some good structure to it with a little anvil and what I THINK might be a miniscule little lowering. If it is a lowering (wall cloud), it's not going to do anything, though, because it's way too soft and being undercut by too much cold air, methinks.
It's weird seeing a storm and not being able to follow it on radar. There are no radar stations up this way; the closest it Grande Prairie, way over on the West of the province. This storm has me watching it pretty closely, though, because it IS developing a clear slot and has some subtle striations on it from a little bit of rotation. And there's AWESOME lightning in it. Too bad it isn't darker or I'd be out there photographing it.
We had another storm blow through earlier that cut power and apparently hit the water station for the hamlet. Power came back quickly, but the water just came back on. I had a shower in case we lost power again.
GAH; the lowering is blocked by the settlement office now. I WANTS TO SEE IT. It's wrong that I'm thinking about getting in my car and driving to the highway to see if I can get a better view, right?
It's kicking off some good-sized mid-level funnels (not actual funnel clouds, just things higher up on the main storm), too.
COME ON STORM, BRING IT ON BABY.
EDIT: AND THERE"S THE WARNING. I knew it was looking bad. Quarter size hail (so that's the rotation I was seeing). I AM SO CLOSE TO GOING AND CHASING THIS SUCKER.
ALSO - there's a WICKED looking storm headed Paddle's way. I've been watching it approach with excitement. There's even some good structure to it with a little anvil and what I THINK might be a miniscule little lowering. If it is a lowering (wall cloud), it's not going to do anything, though, because it's way too soft and being undercut by too much cold air, methinks.
It's weird seeing a storm and not being able to follow it on radar. There are no radar stations up this way; the closest it Grande Prairie, way over on the West of the province. This storm has me watching it pretty closely, though, because it IS developing a clear slot and has some subtle striations on it from a little bit of rotation. And there's AWESOME lightning in it. Too bad it isn't darker or I'd be out there photographing it.
We had another storm blow through earlier that cut power and apparently hit the water station for the hamlet. Power came back quickly, but the water just came back on. I had a shower in case we lost power again.
GAH; the lowering is blocked by the settlement office now. I WANTS TO SEE IT. It's wrong that I'm thinking about getting in my car and driving to the highway to see if I can get a better view, right?
It's kicking off some good-sized mid-level funnels (not actual funnel clouds, just things higher up on the main storm), too.
COME ON STORM, BRING IT ON BABY.
EDIT: AND THERE"S THE WARNING. I knew it was looking bad. Quarter size hail (so that's the rotation I was seeing). I AM SO CLOSE TO GOING AND CHASING THIS SUCKER.