tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6824474348025023973..comments2024-03-28T08:25:03.174-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Talk about coming out of nowhere!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7043553103712231762014-07-14T10:19:38.321-05:002014-07-14T10:19:38.321-05:00To make a thunderstorm that can make those kinds o...To make a thunderstorm that can make those kinds of hails stones, you just need low level heat, moisture, a favorable vertical temperature profile, and some kind of trigger to start the vertical motion, like a front or an atmospheric wave.<br /><br />In places like the US South during the summer, the ground temperature, just by itself, can be that trigger.<br /><br />Once it starts, it isn't going to stop until the vertical mixing ruins the temperature profile or the outflow damps down the ground heat.<br /><br />Daytime storms don't worry me so much, but a nighttime thunderstorm that runs without the energy input from the sun? That's a town-eater.Tirnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545609711956034630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86091600086408567032014-07-13T22:57:35.003-05:002014-07-13T22:57:35.003-05:00When I lived in Illinois we'd have storms like...When I lived in Illinois we'd have storms like that every couple of years.<br /><br />Be hot and muggy, and then WHAM! Here comes the rain, lightning, thunder, and HAIL!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-11392539499523660802014-07-13T22:24:45.767-05:002014-07-13T22:24:45.767-05:00The values of the cars near by just took a literal...The values of the cars near by just took a literal hit..Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973419641321027031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34085258943357121482014-07-13T21:39:04.471-05:002014-07-13T21:39:04.471-05:00Kinda like the weather one sees in Texas.Kinda like the weather one sees in Texas.c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7465697417358287192014-07-13T19:29:58.952-05:002014-07-13T19:29:58.952-05:00It doesn't take long... And that must have bee...It doesn't take long... And that must have been a pretty good storm to throw hail that far!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com