Lubbock Weather

The minimal chance of rain increased as the day progressed: it was a scorcher, the kind that allows for the development of serious storm clouds.

When I left work a little after 5 PM, there was a front of clouds to the northwest, but also to the west and south, and it was obvious that some were producing rain. When I arrived home, I turned on a weather report, and saw the radar indicating the storms were to the northwest, in a long slow moving line traversing to the  southeast, about 35 miles or more away.  Observing the speed with which the storms were moving made me guesstimate the worst would not hit Lubbock until after 9 PM. 

I went to dinner and the book club. About 7:25 PM, leaving the restaurant, I could see the wall of dust, and the radio news report indicated we were under an Haboob warning. About 75 minutes later, when I was going home, the dust was in the air, but it was not a solid wall, as the winds were not straight line.   The electric storm had not dissipated.

Since the Haboob has blown through, we have had strong winds and rain, and in some areas, hail. If  it hailed here, it was small: I think it did hail, because of the noise on the roof, but as I say, it was small, as I saw none on the ground.

I have not checked the rain gauge, which is not accurate, because it does not breach the top of the fence, so depending on the direction of the rain, does not catch rain accurately. Judging from the bucket under the back door eave, we received at least an .5 inch.

The front porch was wet but not puddled with water, as it was earlier this week.  So, the rain did not blow in from the north, but maybe the northwest. And an hour later, the cement of the front porch has started to dry. That is probably a function of the still persistent winds, although the rain has moved on.

There has been some thunder and lightning, and it continues to rumble.