Sat, Mar 28, 2009
Lightning
Posted to Weather category
Thunderstorms along the Gulf Coast don't mess around with half measures. I was awakened at about 4 am by a thunderstorm that produced lightning flashes every few seconds for several minutes. There were a couple of bursts like that yesterday, too. Most of the thunder seemed fairly distant, but that means the lightning bolts that were lighting up the sky.
There have been problems with flooding because of three days of heavy rain. And there were tornadoes in Mississippi and further inland in Alabama because of the strength of the storms. But the weather seems to be clearing up for a while
It was cloudy when I got up this morning, but now the sky is blue and the sun is shining. Trees and bushes that were just bare sticks a week ago are putting out green leaves.
Weather.com says there may be scattered thunder showers on Tuesday and Wednesday, but it should be sunny until then. This will be a relief after the past several days of very dark cloud cover.