We are currently in the midst of a hell of a thunderstorm. Beginning just after 4 PM the winds out of the northwest blew from Mansfield to the Aerie. As the air was pushed up the slope, it grew a thunderstorm. And that storm as spawned others throughout southeast Tioga County. The lightening has been striking the hillside nearby. Pea-sized hail has rattled off the roof and accumulated on the ground were it has overshot the cutters (or bounced over them). Rain has been falling by the bucketful.
None of this was predicted by the weather gurus when I checked this morning. They did say we might get a T-storm late this evening and possibly into the wee hours of Monday. But we were not supposed to get anything today.
Doesn't matter. We really needed the rain. There hasn't been any since last weekend. I just wish it would come in a more gentle but extended fashion.
UPDATE: As 6:30 PM approaches, there's still a bank of dark clouds off to the northwest accompanied by some thunder way off in the distance. There will be more rain. As of right now, however, there's more than an inch-and-a-quarter in the rain gauge. Steam is rising from the valley in smokey streams.
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