More Denver weather

[Clark1961]

More rough weather in Denver. I lost three window screens and power was out for a couple hours which is probably minor compared to what some folks have.

It moved through really quick. First was marble sized hail and then rain with the hail. Made one heck of a racket. Had nothing visible but white and green in the window for awhile. The white was rain and the green was leaves. Glad I have heavy glass in the windows.

Here's a nexrad picture from after the power came back:

 

[gprellwitz]

I think it was gone by the time Leslie came in this morning.

 

[bockwoman3]

More rough weather in Denver. I lost three window screens and power was out for a couple hours which is probably minor compared to what some folks have.

It moved through really quick. First was marble sized hail and then rain with the hail. Made one heck of a racket. Had nothing visible but white and green in the window for awhile. The white was rain and the green was leaves. Glad I have heavy glass in the windows.

Here's a nexrad picture from after the power came back:

Saw that "little" weather blob on the radar earlier...nice and quiet here.

 

[gkainz]

So what's freakin' next this summer? Locust? Pestulance? 3 weeks ago we got hit by lightning, 2 weeks ago the basement flooded, and last night the freakin' rain and hail roared thru like a freight train! Took out 2 windows, and of course, one was in my wife's craft room - she's a big scrapbooker - photos, papers, supplies - piles of stuff now a soggy pile of crap. When the window shattered, the hail came in thru the room, across the hall and into the next room 15 feet away. This stuff was coming down hard, fast and horizontal.

My trees look like a giant weed-eater got 'em, garden shed lost its roof and tipped over, taking out our back yard fence. Garden is a flattened mess and motor home roof vents shattered, as well as some fiberglass parts and pieces, but fortunately, must have happened towards the end, as the inside's relatively dry.

Watching the news as this thing roared in - not a peep about severe weather, until 10 minutes into it and then it's "Katie bar the door, she's coming in fast!" "Yeah, no crap! You're about 10 minutes late on that." But, couldn't have done anything about it anyway, even with warning. I honestly expected all my north facing windows to shatter, but only lost 2. Thank God, since I have 14 windows on the north face. All the window screens are shredded.

The kid's car got hit - tail lights and rear view mirror glass shattered.

Silver lining in all this is, the back yard not looking perfect for my son's wedding in 4 weeks is no longer my fault!

 

[Anthony]

Well something has to balance out the 60F sunny days in January and February when I used to play golf in shirtsleeves.

Its also why I chose to drive 45 minutes to KFTG because I could get a hangar for my Tiger there. Not that its not hangared in PA, but CO its a MUST.

 

[gkainz]

Heard rumors of planes tied down outside at Jeffco with holes punched in the wings ... will have to chase that rumor down later this morning.

 

[EppyGA]

Meanwhile down here in Georgia we've been tieing or breaking morning lows and highs have been 5 - 10 degrees below normal with very low humidity.

 

[Everskyward]

Interesting. I live a little SE of Denver and worked outside in my yard most of yesterday. I didn't see anything that resembled threatening weather, not even a drop of rain. I didn't know about it until I read it here. Shows how localized these things are.

 

[ghayes]

We just got our Mooney out here, parked her in a port-a-port at jeffco yesterday. Sure am happy about that!

We live West of Boulder at 8200 ft. No weather there, but we were watching all the lighting to the East, it was incredible.

 

[Clark1961]

Glad I made the move to a hangar at FTG. I should call my insurance agent and ask them about that (denied) premium refund for moving from tied-out to a hangar. Of course the aircraft is in Greeley with the avionics work so it wouldn't have mattered. Hope Bowman's 150/150 is ok at BJC.

A fair bit of hail still on the ground this morning. All my bushes and the roses were shredded. The two big trees came out ok though. The TV folks report lots of tree damage about 15 blocks away.

Just another day in paradise...

 

[gkainz]

Interesting. I live a little SE of Denver and worked outside in my yard most of yesterday. I didn't see anything that resembled threatening weather, not even a drop of rain. I didn't know about it until I read it here. Shows how localized these things are.

yeah, we didn't see anything that resembled threatening weather, either ... until we heard the roar of the wind and the hammering of the hail. At 9pm as it was getting dark, all still looked peachy-keen... Talking head weather guessers called it a super cell that flared up out of nowhere

 

[murphey]

Well something has to balance out the 60F sunny days in January and February when I used to play golf in shirtsleeves.

Its also why I chose to drive 45 minutes to KFTG because I could get a hangar for my Tiger there. Not that its not hangared in PA, but CO its a MUST.

I only drive 30 min to FTG. 9-10 months of the year, that monthly hangar bill can be painful...then comes June & July, and I really love the hangar....There are very few aircraft NOT in hangars at FTG, and for good reason....

 

[Anthony]

I only drive 30 min to FTG. 9-10 months of the year, that monthly hangar bill can be painful...then comes June & July, and I really love the hangar....There are very few aircraft NOT in hangars at FTG, and for good reason....

Yeah, and most the ones not hangared at FTG are ramp queens that have been sitting for years. I'll bet that Cessna 310 and old Bo are still there, looking worse than when I left two years ago.

Having a hangar whether in CO or PA just makes me sleep better, but the propensity for hail damage in CO is just plain devastating. Still I prefer that climate to just about any other in the U.S.

 

[fgcason]

The main cell missed us! We got a little rain and a spectacular cloud to cloud lightning show though. This afternoon I went 3 miles east where trees are down and leaves are all over the place. It was like riding into a completely different world.

After the main storm passed by I went out with the camera in search of lightning photo's (It's a hobby a friend and I started recently) I was barefoot on the wet concrete and every time the cloud-cloud stuff discharged, I had a tingly feeling on my feet. It happened so much that I had to go back in and put shoes on.

 

[gprellwitz]

Beautiful shot, Frank! Two lightning strikes in one shot!