Dude I totally forgot I took pictures to post a blog about yesterday's weather.
I got home a little late because we're having some issues at work recently, and Chris had already hightailed it to the gym. I used that as an excuse not to go, and sat down with my Backyard Living Magazine.
All of a sudden I hear the house groan as a gust of wind rips straight through the backyard.
"Downdraft!" I exclaimed and ran to the computer to check Doppler radar.1
1 I am a total weather nerd. It's beyond bad, and to the embarrassing threshold now. I was terrified of thunderstorms as a child. I was constantly scanning the horizon and looking at the clouds above to see if they were "thunderstorm" clouds. If I heard a rumble, I always assumed it was a storm. As I've gotten older, I have a very strong respect for thunderstorms, and have gotten to the point where I can tolerate them because of their beauty, even if I am still a wee bit afraid of them. This launched my all-out fascination with all things weather. We have a clock/2 temperature weather station in our bathroom, and I always check the temp in the morning and when I get home. I constantly check radar to see the cloud cover and rain. When my coworkers and I go for our morning walk, I check the temperature (they totally got me the other day when they said, "Hey weather girl. What's Doppler like? Can we go for our walk?") Chris also teases me. So yeah, it's baaaaad. And I just found out yesterday that we get The Weather Channel in HD now. My life is complete.
So I grabbed my camera and shot these pictures as the storm literally rolled less and a mile north of here. Dang! No rain for us, but great shots.
Oct 6, 2007
Weather
