Traditionally, the local community looks for the summer monsoon season around the beginning of July and the common wisdom holds that it begins on the 4th. The estate received 0.05” of rain 2
days ago and then yesterday another build up of cumulus clouds
appeared over the Chiricahua mountains during the afternoon. A
typical monsoon season cloud buildup heralding perhaps an early start
to the summer rainy season. The event resulted in winds in the
canyon dropping trees along the road and rain was visible around the
valley as well as on the eastern side of Antelope pass, but no rain
at the
Painted Pony Resort. The resulting sunset was brilliant with
vibrant reds and yellows illuminating the residual rain clouds. I
made a 4 image panorama to try and capture the sunset but the brilliance overwhelmed the camera chip.
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| An early monsoon cloud buildup over the Chiricahua mountains. |
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| A brilliant sunset after the storm. |
