Scattered storms fired up once again today with a few more than yesterday. Wednesday coverage of afternoon storms is expected to increase. There was one report of severe weather today in Ville Platte with a storm that produced penny size hail before it moved north. Over Alexandria that same storm produced a gust of 67 mph and one inch hail, temporarily knocking out the weather recording station at the airport. I would expect the possibility of severe storms just about everyday this week into the weekend as the pattern stays the same with a strong influx of tropical moisture. Today one viewer called to tell me they spotted mammatus clouds in north Lafayette. It was likely because of the Ville Platte storm but mammatus clouds are caused by very strong storms in the latter stages of development. They look like pouches because the cooler pockets of air sink down into the cloud. If the sun is setting you see them more clearly because the sun highlights the downward protrusions. They are always intresting to see and I think we will have more chances of that in the next couple of days.
It seems to me the weather lately has been pretty pleasant. Not too hot during the day and showers in the late afternoon. It’s been happening everyday lately. This type of weather makes for good gardens and rice crops around where I live between Kaplan and Gueydan, La, not to mention it makes me feel pretty good too. Even the grass in the yard looks full and green. The rain amount is just right, I seldom have to even water the garden. Gotta love those cloudy and cool afternoons from about 4pm until dark. Oh and Rob, could you lay off of the fear words when you do the weather or blogs please. Like “fired up, hot, humid, severe winds, rough start of summer” etc. Nobody wants to hear drama when it comes to the weather anymore. All we are interested in is good news and agreeable weather. The little buzz words to bring fear to the viewing audience are not necessary anymore. That’s FOX News’ job. I think we’ve moved passed the “get the public fired up” days. P.S. If I didn’t know better, the weather has been so good compared to years gone by, one would think there just might be a little divine intervention helping us out around here. I can’t wait to see what happens for the hurricane season. If it keeps going like this, there just might not be any…
Rhebert
25 Jun 08 at 9:16 pm