Cloud Track…
A new development on the cloud tracking enterprise today: clouds in the morning! When one wakes up to general haze and some high clouds, one knows the monsoon can’t be far behind…we NEVER get clouds in the morning, except during monsoon (or a decent snow storm, which hasn’t happened in two winters, now…).
Check out this A.M. haze:
Here’s the view in the afternoon, with the now-regular bumpers to the east:
And–a second new development! Bumpers to the north:
We’re surrounded! Woohoo!
And guess what the dewpoint was yesterday?
55.
And guess what the dewpoint was today?
55.
ONE MORE DAY of 55, and we get to call it monsoon, even if the rain’s not here yet. Anyone want to place bets on the rain date?
R. has already taken the 15th….
Wow. I never expected to be so fascinated by a monsoon rolling in! Keep the pictures coming!
Comment by: Cavatica - 07.08.2007 - 5.53 pm
NO, its going to be the 11th. It rained here today! Yahoooooo! Great big fat ploppy drops!
Comment by: christie - 07.08.2007 - 6.27 pm
I’ll take the 11th, too, as it’s our 11th anniversary.
Comment by: walternatives - 07.08.2007 - 7.26 pm
Different ways to judge the arrival of monsoon: the Southwest Fire Coordination Center’s fire weather page says that monsoon arrives in the southwest after two consecutive days where the relative humidity does not drop below 20%…Alas, even with the rains we’ve been having, our RH has dipped below 20%, so we are not officially monsoon-y.
But boy-oh-boy-oh, there was a whopper of a storm off to the east. Hugeous.
Comment by: OmegaMom - 07.08.2007 - 9.28 pm
Umm…the 12th sounds good to me. It is pouring buckets here this morning, btw.
Comment by: Carolyn - 07.09.2007 - 3.44 am
Since it rained non stop here for the past week - and now it’s bone dry - I’ll get wild and say the 10th - since the rain that was here and now it’s gone - and it has to go somewhere, right?
Comment by: Maia - 07.09.2007 - 4.27 pm
My late husband used to laugh at the weather obsession I developed as soon as we moved to Arizona (to Wilhoit, on the dry side of the Prietas.) I would actually get angry after several weeks of storms over both the Crown King area and the northeast side of Weaver Peak and none for us! And when we moved into the big town, I watched the clouds build over the Bradshaws & hoped/hoped/hoped they would spill our way. Now it is hourly check-ins with Flagstaff radar!
Comment by: Julie - 07.09.2007 - 11.08 pm
While I don’t generally mess with Mother Nature, I wish I could send you a few of our raindrops. It has been raining in Ireland for at least 3 weeks straight (the locals claim 6 weeks but you know how we tend to exaggerate these things). Grey, heavy, trudging, somewhat oppressive, and downright depressing if you really let it get to you. Truth be told though, I prefer this over heat. Heat is scary and it burns.
I’m looking forward to your description of the metallic smell in the air. That’s always my favorite part of the monsoon. I always thought it smelled like wet concrete. I think you’ll get rain…on Friday the 13th.
Comment by: Millicent - 07.10.2007 - 11.13 pm