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Rain Storm

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All photos taken on May 8, 2024.

Our road trip is well underway and we are now travelling in the United States. We left Medicine Hat, Alberta, early this morning during a rather intense rain storm.

During the night prior to our departure, the wind was howling and the rain was furiously pounding down.

I checked aviation weather several times and saw that there was a huge trough of seriously bad weather stretching all the way from northern Alberta across most of Saskatchewan and into North Dakota. That’s an enormous area.

This system is expected to last for two days and drop a lot of moisture on an area that has been extremely dry over the last year, so while it wasn’t bringing the best driving conditions, it was at least bringing much needed water.

The clouds were huge and only about 150 metres (500 ft) above the ground. Comprised of dense, multiple layers, they were not to be ignored.

After many hours of these conditions, we finally saw some cloud breaks as we neared Minnesota.

It was a difficult drive with the high crosswind continuously pushing the vehicle and the rain beating the windshield to the point of occasionally obscured visibility, so we were very happy to stop for the day! I hope tomorrow’s weather is better.

Cheers from the North Dakota/Minnesota boundary.

43 thoughts on “Rain Storm”

    1. Thanks, Tricia. 😊
      This one was gigantic! A lot of is actually still in place this morning as it’s quite slow moving, but we’re on the other side of it now and heading toward Detroit today. Cheers.

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  3. Looks like the view through my windscreen on Monday. I hate driving in heavy rain, the roads are flooded and the cars and lorries kick up so much spray you can’t see a thing!

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    1. Agreed. This was nasty as we had a gusting 80 km crosswind at about 90° and the trucks travelling at 120 km in the opposite direction were causing serious spray and additional vehicle-generated gusts. I hate driving in it, too!

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  5. Great shots from the road Lynette. Glad you made it through. The SE was supposed to get up to 70 mm rain by the time it ended. Great for this parched area. Happy travels. Allan

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    1. Thank you very much, Allan. We’re on the other side of it now and headed for Detroit today. Yes, the SE has been very dry with unusually high temperatures, even for there. This was excellent for them.

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        1. Oh Lori! That’s a bit heartbreaking! So sorry. I would love to meet you and would make room to do so if we weren’t on a schedule to meet one of our kids tomorrow. There will be a next time though. 💛

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