Lightning, Thunder, and Even a Little Rain

We are experiencing what we affectionately call a midwestern day. The kind of day that we frequently experienced in the Midwest and especially Indiana that would lead to multiple days of rain, dreary cloud cover, and feelings of depression.

In Las Vegas, however, days typically only last a few hours and find them exhilarating. As we prepared for our morning walk, we heard thunder, and then saw lightning, and the patter patter rain on our patio roof. It was a beautiful summer rain that just wet things down rather than flooding things out. In Las Vegas these light rains are infrequent and scattered throughout the valley. Today the summer rain has come in the form of two storms which allowed us to get a walk in between the storms. JoAnn has just reported to me that it is pouring once again.

We define a summer storm as any rain that brings thunder and lightning and does not flood our patio. We describe a downpour is anything that does let our patio. We enjoy both kinds of storms, but summer storm allows us to sit outside and watch the rain.

That’s the weather news from Las Vegas today. We hope you are having a gorgeous, sunny, and pleasant day.

We don't see this weather map very often!