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Storms of September 19-20, 2005
During the afternoon of
September 19, 2005, a closed low pressure system off the Southern
California coast tapped into subtropical moisture from the south and
interacted with the difluent zone along the eastern edge of the low.
Combined with a subtropical wave, strong jet dynamics, and a few vort
maxes spinning around the outer fringes of the low, storms began to form
in the late afternoon across San Diego County, Inland Empire, and eventually
Orange County. As the night wore on, the storms increased in intensity,
and overall coverage. Just before midnight, the show really started and
remained continuous through the early am hours as storm after storm
trained across areas all around Southern Ca. In particular, the Lake
Elsinore area (including Horsethief Canyon) was pounded by a barrage of
intense lightning and sporadic heavy rain, that remained continuous and
unabated until mid-morning. It was the most spectacular lightning show that I
have experienced since the October 29, 1992 event. As the sun was setting a spectacular full rainbow
formed and was backdropped by vivid lightning and the most intense orange glow that I have ever seen.
The following pictures
were taken during those storms from my home in Horsethief
Canyon Ranch.
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