Still, you don't expect a storm to barrel through in the middle of the night; thunderstorms are solar powered and after sundown, things tend to start quieting down.
Not last night. About 2:30 a.m., a huge wind (71 at the airport, which cuaght as it came whipping into town, 40-50 though the city) driving rain before it can slamming through. It woke me up, though so far I don't see any trees down around the house. There are trees down through the city, and traffic lights out. IP&L was reporting 20,000 customers without electricity by sunrise.
And now the sidewalks are dry. The air isn't, humidity is right at 100%. Meteorologists are promising drier and cooler over the next few days. I'm hoping they're right.
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Sounds like the storm we got down here in Vacationland last night. About thirty minutes of sturm und drang, high winds, monsoonal rains...and then almost instantly, the rain was over and all was calm. Crazy. But around here, the natives are like, "Meh. Happens every night. How 'bout that World Cup?"
CLIMATE IS WHAT WE EXPECT
WEATHER IS WHAT WE GET !
The worst storm I've ever seen was after midnight several years ago.
I imagine night storms have something to do with temperature and pressure differences between cooler dark areas to the east and the warmer daylight areas to the west.
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