Las Vegas Monsoon Season Is Officially Under Way!
I was sitting here in my living room, replying to some emails and catching up on a few things online when I heard it: the sweet, violent, glorious sound of thunder!
I’ve written before about how the one thing I miss about living where I grew up in Texas is the weather. There is something so amazing and so emotionally invigorating about thunderstorms to me. Serious rains storms make me feel so relaxed and so at peace… You just don’t get a lot of them here in the desert. When it does rain, though, it makes it all the more a treat for me.
Just a few minutes back I heard thunder. I went to the front door to look outside and apparently this place is insulated very, very well because it was raining seriously hard! Elizabeth is coming to pick me up and I’m going to ride around in it. I can’t wait!
Holy crap.. the power just went out! That’s pretty unusual for Las Vegas weather. I love it!
It’s like this from around this time of year through around the middle to the end of August. Prevailing wind patterns change bring occasional moisture from from the east to the west, as opposed to the normal air flow in the opposite direction. With the hot, high pressure air here the slightly lower pressure moist air can make for some awesome storms. And flooding. I saw a wall of dust and wind and rain move across the valley floor about four years ago that looked so crazy. I just stayed outside until it hit me. It was so odd – this wall looking section of air with all this dust and debris and rain in it just hits me at once and the breeze turned into wind. Definitely some interesting weather in the desert when it happens…
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3 Comments
Wilkie on July 24, 2007 :
I love thunder too! take a look on my blog chris, i posted a photo you could appreciate.
Cheers,
W.
lavi d on July 24, 2007 :
Elizabeth is coming to pick me up…
I thought you were doing a Fred Sanford imitation!
My first introduction to violent thunderstorms was on a visit to Tyler TX. YES! After that, I lived in Tucson for 20 years. We were suprised when the power didn’t go out.
The rains here are hugely welcomed, but woefully short.
Las Vegas Mike on August 6, 2007 :
It’s been so dry, even for here, it seems like we’re do for a really good, cars floating down the middle of the street downpour. And of course when it hits 90% of drivers will drive like nothing has changed.