Hail!!!

The weather today was so crazy! This morning when I woke up the sun was shining. By noon, it was starting to rain...downpour, actually. I went out on a few errands with Hannah for a little while and only minutes after we arrived home, the heavens opened up! WOW! The rain started, thunder clapped and then HAIL...and LOTS of it!!!!!

Camera

NIKON D90

Focal Length

38mm

Aperture

f/14

Exposure

1/200s

ISO

1250

Within 5 minutes, our ground was covered!


Once it was over, the kids went outside to see what was left behind. Here's Zachary with a handful of ice...


See how deep it was??? Totally unbelievable! Hannah thought it was so cool. She loves snow in winter, so this was lots of fun for her.




The weird part about this hail?? They were all different sizes (this is a small one Hannah picked up) and they weren't round. It was as if they melded together on their way down and were all lumpy...pretty amazing.


The rain stopped within 20 minutes and again the sky was beautiful. It didn't last long...the clouds rolled in, but there wasn't much more rain. Just a weird weather day overall. If nothing else, it made for an excitement afternoon!!! Rob and I were just glad that it didn't do much damage. The hail was large enough to cause problems, but it was short-lived, so everything (with the exception of a few of our plants) was fine. Phew!

Hopefully we'll have some 'normal' crisp, clear autumn weather in the days to come. I'm SO ready for it!