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Strange evening around these parts.

Took my daughter to a friends house earlier and noticed that it rained (quite a bit) just 3 blocks south of my house... yet not a drop on my block

Then we started getting photos submitted from listeners to our stations.

These were a couple of my favorites:-6

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Wow! That looks pretty intense.

flopstock;1435259 wrote: Strange evening around these parts.

Took my daughter to a friends house earlier and noticed that it rained (quite a bit) just 3 blocks south of my house... yet not a drop on my block


When I moved here had to change my perspective of what weather is.

We lived in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, CA. Operative word, valley. Most rain come from the ocean west of us, traveled to the mountains, east, stalled to dump its load.

Here everything is all flat and storms travel like ships across the ocean. Hit this town miss that.

Took me a while (being dense as I can be) to realize that when someone asks me how much rain we got out our way, it was more than idle talk.

Farming is the main industry here.

Long story short seems just about everybody has a rain gauge. Sometimes it is surprising to me some of the extreme differences reported in such short distances, but in reality shouldn't be surprized.

You maybe interested in in this weather map.

NWS - National Mosaic Radar Image: Full Resolution Loop

For you local area during stormy weather this may be of interest.

Wunderground

Plug in your local zip code. When a map shows up, move cursor over it and click on NEXRAD. That is the simpler of the two, though WunderMap is fun.

My number one weather source is The Weather Channel

Just some thoughts.