Momentary Monsoon

This year, the arcane standards of the National Weather Service that determine when the Arizona monsoon starts proved to be less demanding than mine are. As of today, their page about the monsoon says that it started last Thursday, July 8th.  I, on the other hand, was trying to hold out for actual rain in the city of Tucson itself, which is to say, any place I happened to be at the time. Not a few raindrops, but rain.  A gullywasher.  Or, more to the point, a car washer.

Today, I finally got that.  For all of five minutes.  At 3:30 this afternoon near Broadway and Country Club, there was thunder. There was a downpour. There were people staring out the window. There was minor flooding in the street. But by the time I left for the bank ten minutes later, all that was left was a little rain in the street plus a light sprinkle.  Phooey.

Maybe tomorrow. Meanwhile, here's a picture taken around dusk tonight, looking east from Park Place shopping mall toward rain on the Rincons.

It's almost 8:30 PM now, and I just heard thunder.

Karen

Tucson, Rain & Those Hazy Crazy Memories of Summer
Fire on the Mountain - More on the Monsoon
National Weather Service - Tucson monsoon page
National Weather Service - Tucson forecast