Originally Posted by
rsbob
Flew into Sacramento on Saturday in light rain. While getting off the train from Terminal B the skies absolutely opened up in an amazing downpour (remember where I am from and the rain I have experienced) that resonated through the main terminal building. It was absolutely epic. And then it stopped and the sun came out. Taking an Uber about 15 mins later, bam another soaker. My wife said it was like the thunder and lightening storms she experienced working in Chicago. I would hate to get caught in one of those on a bike.
Welcome to springtime in Northern California, and the sneaky weather. I once got snowed on by one of those cloudbursts, on what was otherwise a partly cloudy day with mild temperatures.
Here's a typical culprit from today, with mostly clear skies and a few small but nasty clouds just south of the Oregon-California border. The Oregon weather says "nasty, stay indoors", but the California side says, "not so bad, go for a ride, sucker":
