Western Railroad Discussion > A Big Mojave Thunderstorm Weekend?

For those in So Cal that have been waiting for this opertunity . . .

The remains of Hurricane John appear to be moving up the Gulf of California. The projected track of the moisture and energy varies depending on which climatic model results you look at, but the general trend is at least some and possibly a lot of activity over the Mojave Desert, western Arizona, and southern Utah over the next few days. Stay out of that wash near Caliente, NV !!

But can you say monsoonal clouds and lightning providing cool storm light on the Needles Sub?

For more info, look at the forcast discussion on the Las Vegas page for NOAA's weather forcast website:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/index.php?zone=nvz020&county=nvc003&wfo=vef&dgtl=1&lat=36.175&lon=-115.13639

You can track the lightning strikes here: http://www.ocwx.net/stormvue.php

Ed

Saturday was the shizznit yo, lots of good cloudliness out around Mojave, rain, dust devils (sand satans???) but not a lot of trainage.


TCS - bad railfan, no camera

Fairly quiet today on the Needles Sub, I didn't notice clouds building behind me to the west as I continued east.

Dave Toussaint
Riverside, CA
SoCalRailFan.com

Some thunderstorms around Cima

No rain. No lightning. Just some clouds here in Las Vegas last couple of days.

Lighting over Lake Mead on and off through the evening