Chubasco?

This time of year all native Arizonan's, or those with a few summers under their belts, start looking to the Southeast for thunderheads to build. Normally our "summer rains" start the end of June in Cochise County and make their way north to Prescott by the 4th of July. Robert Schmidli called them the "monsoons". Prior to Bob coming to Phoenix from Milwaukee we all just called them summer rain. Many of our Mexican friends called our summer rain - Chubasco!

At any rate we had a preview of the Chubasco to come. Northern Arizona has been experiencing thundershowers for the past four to five days in the Prescott area. Sure smells and feels "good"! This is what Weather Underground had to say:

Current Conditions

Updated: 8:53 AM MST on June 08, 2006
Prescott: 69° Light Thunderstorm Rain
Wind: 6 mph from the SSE
Dew Point: 51 °F
Pressure: 29.93
Humidity: 53%
Visibility: 10.0 miles

Only downside to our "preview" was lightning fires that start up in the forests.

Guess I will just keep looking to the SE and wait patiently for the Big Show!