Arizona Monsoons

[Deimos]

We (in Arizona) are coming up on our "Monsoon Season", mid June through mid September.
It is the time of year when we get the most rain in the lower deserts. Well, that's how it's supposed to work if the weather gods are feeling cooperative.
So here is a video (one of many by Mike Olbinski) to show you what our monsoon season is like.
It's time lapse but still (imo) very cool, very neat-o torpedo.
At about 6:35-6:45 you'll see lightning blazing around some almost vertical jagged peaks.
Those peaks (the Superstition Mountains) are about 25 miles (40km) due east of my house.
In our monsoon the clouds really do dump rain in very localized manner.
I have stood in a downpour on my side of the street and the other side is not getting a drop. We are talking a distance of 40 feet between wet and bone dry.
Also the dust storm / wall of dust ("haboob"... Arabic) rolling in typically, but not always, prior to the rainstorm... 40 miles wide and several miles high.
Visibility is reduced to a few feet.
Turn up the sound. Also It is probably better viewed directly on YT.
Watch the whole thing if you can... you won't be disappointed.

 

[Deimos]

"Haboob" (as mentioned above)

Driving into one July 2012 (Metro Phoenix)
This is not me but they are about 7-10 miles southeast of me .
The wall of dust is moving NW to W which is typical monsoon storm direction. So that meant my house was in the crosshairs.
But then, if the wall is 40 miles wide, pretty much the entire metro area is in the crosshairs.... and it did get hit.

Biggest one to hit the AZ lower deserts July 2018.