I blogged last Thursday about the stormy weather we had then: wind, rain, hail, and finally some thunder in the afternoon, followed by heavy showers. Well, they are forecasting more storms today. I am actually really happy about it, as I love storms. May is not particularly a month for storms, it's a tad early for stormy weather, but like I said I don't mind. I hope it's a proper thunderstorm, with plenty of lightning... And I hope I will be inside and dry when it happens. If it happens. Because it wouldn't be the first time a storm is forecast and doesn't happen. Anyway, I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Thursday, 14 May 2026
First Thunderstorm(s)
So far this year, the month of May has been, well, weird. Weather-wise, it has been downright schizophrenic, worse than April. It has been hot last week, but suddenly temperatures dropped dramatically. Like, beneath 15 degrees Celsius.And stranger than this: we've had our proper thunderstorm(s) yesterday. Usually, storms happen when it is hot and humid. In the morning, around 11:00, we started having rain, wind, and finally hail, then it got sunny again. Not warm, but sunny. As we were waiting for Wolfie to get out of school, we suddenly heard thunder. It then started pouring down. It was surreal. But I'm not complaining: I far prefer this to warm weather. I find it way more comfortable. And it's very atmospheric.
Monday, 24 March 2025
Hailstorm
Last weekend, on Saturday we had our first storm of the year, with thunder and everything. And not just any storm: a proper hailstorm. It is fitting for March, a month that tends to have bad weather. Even downright nasty weather, one would say. But I actually don't mind storms, as long as I can be dry and warm inside. I love how powerful and dramatic storms can be, I thoroughly enjoy them. I can spend ages just watching the rain or, in this particular case, the hail fall down, with the thunder rumbling. So yes, I enjoyed the one we had last Saturday and I hope we have more in the coming days.
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Ironic Weather
It's been kind of stormy these last few days, because of, well, this. So yeah, Herminia has given us rain, wind and even a bit of hail. On Monday, during the school run, it was pouring, windy and hailing when I walked with Wolfie to school. At the moment he walked it, it suddenly stopped and everything went calm. The parents were all dumbfounded. One of the mothers said how typical it was that now the weather was calm. I said: "Don't worry, when it is time to pick them up in the afternoon, of course it will get stormy again." She laughed. And I think it deserves to be a great new unknown line. That said, in spite of my pessimistic views, the afternoon school run was much quieter: no rain, no hail and barely any wind to speak of. Still, walking to the school felt like an epic journey that morning.
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Premier orage, première grêle
Cet après-midi, nous avons eu droit à notre premier orage: le tonnerre a grondé. Et en plus, il est tombé de la grêle. C'est une première cette année, un brin tôt. Mais bon. J'imagine que c'est ça, le mois d'avril. J'aime bien la grêle et les orages, tant que je suis confortablement à l'intérieur. Je l'attendais avec impatience: les nuages noirs l'annonçaient déjà.
Monday, 12 June 2023
L'orage et la grêle (enfin!)
Friday, 7 April 2023
Jeudredi Saint
Friday, 7 May 2021
Les grêles de mai
Des fois, il fait beau en mai. Des fois, il fait moins beau. Cette année, jusqu'ici, c'est assez ordinaire. Pas que je m'en plaigne. Mais enfin bref, on a eu une bonne chute de grêle il y a deux jours, la première grêle depuis très longtemps. J'ai pris cette photo, qui ne rend pas justice à la scène. D'ordinaire, mai est moins traître que mars ou avril. Pas cette année. Je relis les billets de l'an dernier et il semblerait que ça ait été la même chose.
Monday, 10 February 2020
L'orage, la grêle, la slush
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Grêle d'avril
Sunday, 27 January 2019
Écouter la grêle
Saturday, 30 July 2016
Un grêlon saguenéen
J'ai récemment blogué sur la tempête de grêle qui s'est abattue sur le Saguenay. Je disais, comme je le dis parfois, que rien n'est petit au Saguenay. Vous en voyez un parfait exemple avec l'orage et ses grêlons. Cette photo a été prise par ma cousine Amy l'artiste photographe. Elle était en visite chez ses parents à Arvida quand l'orage est arrivé. Elle a eu peur pour son auto, c'est dire. Des grêlons gros comme des balles de golf. Je disais des balles de tennis dans mon dernier billet, mais bon, je faisais dans l'hyperbole. Une hyperbole toute saguenéenne d'ailleurs. Néanmoins, rien n'est petit au Saguenay.
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Grêle saguenéenne
Monday, 7 March 2016
Terrible March
Friday, 4 March 2016
Friday Doom
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
May Hail
Whatever I said about Summer coming recently, I take it back. May is still a cool, even cold, nasty Spring and it actually looks sometimes like an autumn that is ending. We could still be wearing heavy jumpers and winter coats with scarfs and if it was not for the green in the trees it would feel like October or even November. Okay, maybe not November but definitely October. An October like I love them. Except that we are in May. And a May like this, especially when it is near its end, well, it kind of sucks.
And today, we had hail. A lot and a lot of hail. There were two showers of rain, one that was loud but short, and a second one where it poured for what felt like ages. I took these two pictures at work, one when it was pouring down, the one on top during my lunch break later.You can see how big the hail is. Like chunks of salt. And, while the second picture is blurry, taken from the first floor window at work, it also gives you an idea of how dramatic the hail falling was.





