Cloudbursting

I did a little storm watching last weekend. Late Saturday afternoon, a small but impressive front moved through, complete with a cloudburst. We got about 4.5 inches of rain within 30 minutes. If you go to the link, the first few images are of the western sky, as the front moved in. Then, there are a couple of photos of water in a tub I’d left on my front porch, followed by some pictures taken toward the east, after the front had past. The last five images are of the fog descending at sunset. The entire western sky was on fire, but it had faded considerably in the time it took me to grab my camera and go outside. It was still lovely, though, and a little creepy to watch the fog devour the electrical pylon across from me.

For comparison, we had nearly 24 hours of solid rain when Katrina passed over us. In that amount of time, my trusty little tub only accumulated 5 inches of rain.