Thunderstorms In Forecast

Not long ago, Mike and I had been having a conversation about clouds. He looked to the sky and said that he could see virga. I don’t know how I have lived this long and not realized that there is a name for rain that falls from the clouds but doesn’t hit the ground. I had to look it up in Wikipedia to make sure he wasn’t pulling a fast one.

In meteorology, a virga is an observable streak or shaft of precipitation falling from a cloud that evaporates or sublimates before reaching the ground. A shaft of precipitation that doesn’t evaporate before reaching the ground is a precipitation shaft.

Asking family and friends, they all stated that sure they knew about virga.
So with thunderstorms in the forecast for today, I thought it was high time that I enjoyed observing virga before the rain really starts in earnest.
And this way you can enjoy it also.