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So far this Spring we have had some really cool storms. Nothing really severe, which are much more fun than your regular storms, but still great ones none the less.

What I’ve noticed with most of the storms we’ve had so far, is the lightning has been the most prominent feature of the storms. I’m a bit of a weather nerd, and I love photography, so I can get the best of both worlds when I get a great photo of lightning or cloud formations. I have two really awesome examples which I’m very proud of that I have here to post on my blog.

The first is a picture of some lightning. There was no rain from this storm, as the storm didn’t come over me, but went over Toronto and the lake, so the lightning was in the distance, which allowed for perfect picture taking of lightning. If you look closely, you’ll see the CN Tower is being hit by it. This was on June 5th, 2008.

Next is a storm on June 15th, 2008. There were actually 7 separate storms that day, which is just crazy. There was two severe ones, and the others were fairly short, but still all had very heavy rain. This photo is of the second severe storm, in which winds reached almost 100 kph. The clouds were unlike anything I’d ever seen. The only time I’ve ever seen clouds like this is on TV, or photos of big storms you see in places like Kansas. It was very ominous and awesome to see. The clouds were moving very fast too. This is actually a photo stitch using Windows Live Photo Gallery. It does it so well and so easily.

Well we had our first real snowstorm of the season. It’s technically not Winter yet, but this wasn’t our first snow. We have had a few centimetres on the ground now for a couple weeks. It seemed to go from mild Fall weather, straight into a deep freeze a few weeks ago, and I hate it.

It’s supposed to rain later this week. Go figure, right before Khristmas, the only time when I really care to have snow.

I had to walk to the grocery store, this is when the storm was just ending. 25 centimetres later. Had to walk on the road, because the sidewalks no longer exist.

I guess I wasn’t the only one crazy enough to go outside today! Was quite a workout walking in this. I was exhausted by the time I got home. I’m so out of shape!

Where are the roads?

I’m kind of ticked off that we already have some snow. Yesterday we got a couple of centimetres. Nothing really much, but enough that it’s still on the ground today. I’m sure by the end of the weekend it will be gone. It’s still a month until Winter officially starts. I really hope this snow isn’t a sign of things to come!

Last Winter the first snowfall didn’t happen until January, and I loved that. I really hate Winter. Everything about it. The cold, the snow, the grey skies, all the colour is gone without the green grass and leaves on the trees. It’s really quite depressing, particularly with so little sunshine.