Longmont, Colorado: 'Snow Way, Go Away!

Graupel hail-snow in Longmont, Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

 

 I just can't escape winter, it seems. I think spring is coming and then Demeter throws a wrench in daughter Persephone's plans. I mean, heck, what the hell was the snow doing in El Paso this March?!

Graupel hail-snow in Longmont, Colorado. May 2023. Credit: Mzuriana.

 

So last night it hailed here in Longmont. Or it might be more accurate to say it graupeled?

Funny enough, on my way to this very same place back in May 2016, there was snow alongside the roadways. 

Snow along Highway 36 in Colorado. May 2016. Credit: Mzuriana.

El Paso: Hail Yes!

When I lived in Alamogordo, I remember the weather as being rather predictable. Doesn't mean this was so; it's just how I remember it.

El Paso weather seems decidedly unpredictable.

Exhibit 1.

Hail storm, El Paso, Texas. November 2016.

The hail storm.

Hail storm, El Paso, Texas. November 2016.

Hail storm, El Paso, Texas. November 2016.

 

Hail storm, El Paso, Texas. November 2016.

The hail storm was so spectacular, I took three videos: here, here, and here. I've embedded one below:

Oh yeah, and the quantity of rain in a short period qualified as a real gully washer.

Speaking of Alamogordo earlier, reminds me of another gully washer during the monsoon season, right behind my apartment here and here.