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Faye Lendels
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We had a series of thunderstorms late yesterday afternoon bringing much needed rain with 1.5" at my home gauge. Driving rain, hail, not much wind but very intense lightning, the most I have seen in quite awhile. We were lucky the power stayed on. As the final storm slid past, the setting sun turned the Eastern clouds to orange with a rainbow much like depicted above. We had another series of brief storms today at mid-morning and the temps and humidity later were both in the 80's. This could very well be the final 80 degree temps of the year.
For some reason I had never heard of Meteorological Fall, which began on September 1 while astronomical Fall, the Equinox, begins on September 22. Astronomical Fall is associated with the seasons and is based on the sun. Meteorological Fall is temperature based.
It was as if Summer put on a final show as a reminder to us all of the awesome power it is capable of. Drought, storms, while we influence the conditions that create these events by our actions/inactions but ultimately, like so many things, it is out of our control.
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