[pct-l] sierra thunderstorms

[Pea Hicks]

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