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A nice thunderstorm seen during my spontaneous, brief storm chase down to San Benito County, particularly around Hollister. A lightning strike was seen near the horizon here. A cluster of t-storms had developed late in the day out of nowhere in the vicinity and contained lots of lightning. This was one of my top favorite lightning events I’ve witnessed in person (with the August 2020 event ranking 1st). Talk about an interesting day for us on just the day after the summer solstice!
*Weather scenario: Dozens of lightning strikes were spotted & reported south of the Bay Area Wednesday evening, specifically in the Hollister area. The thunderstorms were caused by a low-pressure system off the coast pulling monsoonal moisture northward into the region. SoCal got much of the t-storm activity but the center of the low had parked over San Benito County causing a cluster of stationary, reinforcing cells. According to Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri, there was a massive amount of lightning just south of Gilroy. He added it was slowly moving northwest & getting hung up on mountains… The t-storm activity continued well into the overnight hours before finally winding down by early morning. Believe it or not, this event was bigger than the August 2020 lightning event. From June 22-23, the National Lightning Detection Network recorded more than 66,000 strikes, the most in a single day in nearly 5 years. Looks like the monsoon season was starting on a high note this year. Fun stuff!
Footage taken from the outskirts of Hollister, CA near the Ridgemark Golf Club & Resort. (Wednesday early evening, June 22, 2022)
I did not take these pictures. They were forwarded to me a while ago and I wanted to share them with other folks. Enjoy!
nice warm day w/ the dogs, rangers were ticketing for dogs off leash (stupid) so we did laps on the top singletracks since they they don't tend to hike up there (it's about 3 miles in and steep) - rode some trails i hadn't in awhile - fun stuff...