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Storm dumps hail over parts of Los Alamos

July 19, 2005

The calendar says we're in July, but last Friday afternoon it looked, briefly, more like December after a storm cell passed over parts of Los Alamos, dropping pea- and golf ball-sized hail and leaving these vehicles in a parking lot at Technical Area 3 partially submerged. More than one inch of precipitation was recorded at the Technical Area 6 measuring station, but no precipitation was recorded at the TA-53 measuring station, according to Laboratory meteorologists. The strong outburst isn't a signal that the southwest's monsoon season has arrived however. The forecast for today calls for high temperatures in Los Alamos in the upper 80s with a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms.

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