First Thunder!

No, it certainly wasn't this morning (when, we're reporting snow, temperatures at 28, and wind chills at 13!), we did officially report our first thunderstorm of the season on Monday, April 21:

 Site      Time      Tmp Dpt %RH W/H Wdr Wsp Wgs Vis  Wx
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 KGFK Apr 21 1532UTC  37  34  89  28 WNW  16     7.00 TSRA  
 KGFK Apr 21 1547UTC  37  34  89  28   W  14     2.00 TSRA BR 
 KGFK Apr 21 1553UTC  37  34  89  27 WNW  17     3.00 TSRA BR 
 KGFK Apr 21 1612UTC  37  34  89  29   W  13     6.00 -TSRA BR

A radar grab from around 10:20am showed the line of storms pushing up from the southwest. Also note those temperatures at GFK (Grand Forks International) and at RDR (the Grand Forks Air Force Base). Probably, a contributer to why we saw pea-sized hail from these things here in the city. Freezing levels were obviously very low.

Not only did we see our first lightning flash, albeit only a couple CC flashes, but we heard our first rumble of thunder and observed our first hail, as well.

I wouldn't mind seeing more of that. Just as soon as we get rid of this snow, damnit! Looks like we have about an inch, maybe out there this morning. It's hard to tell with the wind blowing it around.

Time for me to get home... More later!