It was a rare event for early June. Dark skies, thunderstorms, cooler temperatures, and some rain mainly west of the valley. Here’s some information and a map showing the total number of lightning strikes as the results of this unstable air mass… RAINFALL STORM TOTAL SUMMARY…PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 530 AM PDT [...]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1001 PM PDT WED JUN 03 2009 ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE…. ..REMARKS.. 1100 AM LIGHTNING BIG BEAR CITY 34.27N 116.85W 06/03/2009 SAN BERNARDINO CA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE *** 1 FATAL *** A FEMALE DRIVER WAS KILLED WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK A [...]

Here are some photos I took, and a corresponding radar image at the height of its intensity, from last night’s late evening pop up thunderstorm north of I-10 between Thousand Palms and Indio. Check out the photo gallery for the whole collection Composite radar image at 11:05pm 7/25/07