Stormy Weather, Tuesday Edition

We had some more violent weather last night.

Daughter Courtney, who lives about 2 hours north of us, got hit first. She sent us a picture showing her front porch littered with marble-sized hail. Our weather rolled in about 6:30.

The local weather reported wind gusts in excess of 80 mph. It certainly was blowing. This time, we received almost 1.5 inches. So all told, we have received over 3.5 inches the last 2 days. That is great for us, and it puts us ahead of our average for this time of year, I believe.

I'll be checking web sites the next few days to see if our lake levels have risen at all. It takes quite a bit of runoff to raise the levels in our lakes.

Storm clouds are gathering to the southeast. The storm approached from the west and had a "C" shape that seemed to encircle us from the north, west, and south. 

You can see the wind is blowing from right to left in this picture, especially by looking at the small tree in the center and the larger tree to its left. But look at the poplar type trees in right center. They seem to be standing upright. 

We were getting some good lightning, but I never could capture it. Notice the small streak above the house in right center. Streaks were spreading across the sky. Also notice the tree on left is leaning more to the left in this picture than in the one above. The poplars are slightly tilted now as well.

Now take a look at the poplar trees in this picture and how much they are yielding to the southerly winds.

Rainbow came out to the southeast. Notice the standing water at very bottom of picture. It collects there.

This is the northern end of the rainbow. The colors here are not as vivid.

And then the sun came out. Notice that even the standing water at bottom right has already drained away for the most part. Compare this picture to the one at top.