Alien Weather

last night's radar

Well... it is foreign to us anyway. So now this Pacific Northwest native and weenie knows about "severe thunderstorms". And I am not a big fan .... last night from 3am to 5am the lightening strikes were so numerous as to keep everything nearly lit up like daylight. And it was just the prelude to today's 'real storm'. Hail at 1-3/4 inch was reported about 10 mi south of us. Glad we missed that as it would be bad for the solar panels. This evening the real front will pass over and they are putting up tornado warnings a little north and easy of us.

tonight

We are down in a draw with about a 100' bank behind us, but that is on the edge of the eastern plains of NM. With wide open sky from there out to Texas. We are east of the Capitan Mountains where the storms seem to be forming as the remnants of the tropical storm and bad weather that hit southern CA spills over into us. With hot dry weather here already in place and another cold front coming down from the north is it a collision that we would rather not be here for. Looking at maps and forecast there is not really a lot of places to go to out run this or escape so we are hunkered down for another rough night.AS of now the sune is setting and there are reports of 3 inch hail below us an hour ago. Steve just took a photo of one of the thunderheads building and we have distant rumblings. Steve has covered one of the panels with our reflective shade for inside the front windshield so at least one panel will survive if we get in the direct path. I feel sorry for the few people in this campgrounds in tents.Think I would insist on the Motel 6.
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