Western Arizona Lightning

riverratmike · #1 Postby **riverratmike** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:12 pm

Well so far this years monsoon in Lake Havasu City, AZ has been quite weak. 99% of the storms have just brushed us and they have been some severe ones. Be really nice to watch them and take photographs of the lightning. More of the lightning can be seen on my webstie.
http://www.fototime.com/users/riverratmike@yahoo.com

dean · #2 Postby **dean** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:45 pm

AWESOME!!

Jim Cantore · #3 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:13 am

Those are AMAZING!

Meso · #4 Postby **Meso** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:24 am

Wow, those are awesome

#5 Postby **angelwing** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:22 am

AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing!

Aquawind · #6 Postby **Aquawind** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:40 am

Wow very impressive.. Geesh make me wanna stay our of the mountains.. Certainly during a storm.. Here is a similar lightening link in the World forum..

Nice job riverratmike! 8-)

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=87269

azsnowman · #7 Postby **azsnowman** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:22 am

INCREDIBLE photos MIKE :eek:

The monsoon Gods have
been VERY gracious to us
in the White Mountains this year,
so much in fact that I'm 2.89"
ABOVE normal - year to date 8-)

The lightning this year has been
INTENSE as you've shown! A record
number of people have been hit here in
Pinetop!
5 people struck but NO fatalities
with ONE exception, Bernie the elk
was killed over a week ago
by a stray lightning bolt!

riverratmike · #8 Postby **riverratmike** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:57 am

azsnowman wrote:INCREDIBLE photos MIKE

The monsoon Gods have
been VERY gracious to us
in the White Mountains this year,
so much in fact that I'm 2.89"
ABOVE normal - year to date

The lightning this year has been
INTENSE as you've shown! A record
number of people have been hit here in
Pinetop!
5 people struck but NO fatalities
with ONE exception, Bernie the elk
was killed over a week ago
by a stray lightning bolt!

thanks everyone for the comments. Well actually the monsoon this year in Lake Havasu has been quite week. We have only had 0.26 inches of rain from the monsoon and evertime it does come around it's never on top of us, and now the monsoon is out of here again for at least a week as SW flow develops.

azsnowman · #9 Postby **azsnowman** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:57 am

Your welcome Mike :cheesy:

They are some of the most awesome photos I've ever seen!!!

We had yet ANOTHER gully washer, toad strangler yesterday.....an amazing 1.84" fell in a matter of 25 minutes, major street flooding, business's along St. Hwy. 260 were flooded. I'm at 16.20" for the season thus far, as I said, I'm now WAY above normal, normal to date is 11.50" (or there abouts) with the average being 13.00" for the entire monsoon season. The end of August and first week of Sept. in a normal pattern brings 1.5" with the normal ending of 10 Sept.

As you pointed out, thanks to a trough in the PAC NW, the monsoon moisture had been pushed eastward for a few days.

Sorry to hear about the lack luster monsoon in your neck of the woods, that has GOT to be down right depressing.

TexasStooge · #10 Postby **TexasStooge** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 am

Awesome pics! Thanks for posting them.

bob rulz · #11 Postby **bob rulz** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:49 pm

Yeah, great pictures! I love it when you can see right where the lightning strikes...

riverratmike · #12 Postby **riverratmike** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:26 am

thanks everyone for the comments. Yet we have had a very very week monsoon season here in western central Arizona. With only 0.26 inches of rain and all thunderstorms on the outskirts of Havasu. What is up with that? Last year was way better as far as t-storm activity goes. Any predictions on the up coming rest of the monsoon season here in Lake Havasu City, AZ?

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