Thunderstorms in San Jose, CA, During the First Potent Winter Storm of the Season (11-20-2010)

Description

Watch in 480p (high quality). A cold low pressure system that formed in the Gulf of Alaska drifted down southward towards the Pacific Northwest and California, bringing in cold temps, snow and even heavy rain and a few thunderstorms. This was officially our first winter storm of the season. So, in this video, it shows the main part of this winter storm slam the San Francisco Bay Area, including my area (San Jose, CA) on the Saturday of November 20, 2010. In the first parts of the video, it shows the morning and afternoon of the incoming storm. We started off with mostly cloudy skies, then as soon as the afternoon came, showers began to sprinkle over the area with breezy conditions. Then as the day progresses, heavier showers proceeded. At 1:42 in the video, a good sized cumulonimbus was producing heavy rain showers. At about 2:22 in the video, you could just see a solid wall of water (or a heavy rain shaft) just coming from the southwest of us! As the rain arrived, we saw a nice sunset as well. But thunderheads lingered where the sun was setting so we knew that this wasn't the worst. There was a very faint rainbow as well. We had fun playing in the rain, especially the kids. At around 5 pm, we noticed suddenly that the rain showers had turned into heavy rain falling in larger droplets signalling that the thunderstorms were nearing. It appeared that at about 6:30 pm, our area issued a flood advisory since there was a line of intense rain and thunderstorms headed our way <b>...</b>

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San Jose, California, weather, storm, storms, skyscapes, clouds, cumulonimbus, nimbostratus, showers, rain, heavy rain, rain storm, thunderstorm, lightning storm, lightning, winds, atmosphere, meteorology, winter storm, sunset, flood advisory, flooding, winter, downpour, stormy weather, rain shaft, storm chasing

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