[pct-l] sierra thunderstorms

[dsaufley at sprynet.com]

Lightening can strike from a great distance away, when there are no directly clouds overhead. An awareness of seasonal weather patterns, and a careful eye on conditions all around, is important. To your earlier point Girlscout, crossing the Sierra passes in the late afternoon can be treacherous when there is extreme heat in the deserts below, even without clouds directly over or on the pass before you.

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From: Pea Hicks <phix at optigan.com>
>Sent: Mar 20, 2007 2:58 PM
>To: Tom Reynolds <tomreynolds_ilan at yahoo.com>
>Cc: pct <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] sierra thunderstorms
>
>
>
>Tom Reynolds wrote:
>> Handling thunderstorms in the Sierra is rather simple.
>>  
>> If you don't see clouds in the sky by 11AM there won't be a 
>> thunderstorm. If you do there might be a thunderstorm. The weather tends 
>> to build. If you see clouds on day 1 but no storm, then see clouds the 
>> next day a storm is more likely, and so on.
>
>this is all true, but i suppose an important point to be made is that 
>the storms can still seem to hit quickly and unexpectedly for those 
>who've not experienced them. you can wake up to a cloudless blue sky, 
>and within a matter of hours be in the thick of an intense storm.
>
>
>gs
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