Saturday, April 4, 2020

Sunny Day Hail Storm Confirms Everything Is Upside Down

Bright sunshine amid falling hail near Portand, Oregon last week
You can see it better within the video in this post. 
You can hear the woman's voice in this brief video at the bottom of this post.

Yes, everything's normal. We're all under quarantine. It's a beautiful blue sky, sunny day. And it's hailing. Pretty hard.

That's the view in the video, so yeah, things are strange.

Actually, in terms of weather, it was strange, but very, very explainable.

Yes, there were blue skies overhead, but the air was unstable over Portland, Oregon on March 31, when the video was taken. That produced a lot of popcorn type showers in the Portland area.  The showers had gaps of blue sky between them. It was a very changeable day.

There was cold air just above the Earth's surface, so it was easy for hail to form. In the video, one of these shower clouds with hail must have just passed nearby, flinging handfuls of hail at this hapless homeowner.

The hailstones weren't big at all, as you can see, and caused little if any damage.

Still fun to watch in these topsy-turvy times. Here it is:

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