While we were mulling around the house this Sunday afternoon, we all kept noticing the weirdness of the light outside. It looked like there was a fire somewhere? We kept peeking out the windows and opening the door to try and figure it out. I finally remembered, this is what the air looks like right before it hails. Sure enough, a few minutes later, we were getting walloped with hail.
Thankfully, the hail is usually pretty tiny and doesn't damage cars or houses. These storms are really short, like 1-5 minutes. We all ran outside to enjoy this weather anomaly for Northern California.
We could see the big dark hail cloud right above the house and clear skies just down the street. It was wild. Every one came out of the house to check it out, even the reclusive teenagers.
I think this was the "longest" hail storm we've ever had...like maybe it was 6 minutes long. There was enough hail for Will to throw hailballs at the kids and to see white covering the ground.
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