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[cactuswatcher]

Well, we got enough virga overnight that it smells like rain outside. But the ground is as dry as always... No measurable rain for 133 days and counting... At my house last evening there were actually a few drops that hit the ground. But, if you've lived here in the desert you know how little that amounts to. One drops lands and before the next one hits the first has evaporated.

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[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Virga is rain that falls from the cloud, but evaporates before it hits the ground. You can see it in the distance as streaks of rain that don't reach the ground near the edges of many rain showers everywhere. Unfortunately, here, the whole shower can be virga.

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Yup us too. I think it is really beautiful. I think it needs to find a way to evaporate a little lower so we can see it disappear right above us. I think that would be even better.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

so we can see it disappear right above us.

Seeing it disappear on the ground without making the ground wet is frustrating enough. ;o)

Have you ever looked straight up into falling snow? That really makes me dizzy!