Around these parts (to invoke a Westernism), we've been whimpering about the heat, the smoke, and the dry, dry air that fosters fires, destroys crops, and sucks the moisture from your throat and eyes. We love to say that heat (or cold) is much more bearable here because it's "a dry heat" (or cold). But the truth is, we've been hankerin', as they say in these parts, for some rain. Finally, it came, and the results are wonderful.
1. Remnants of rain clouds fill the evening sky
2. You can see the mountains, which had vanished in the haze and smoke
3. The creek's rising.
Compare that with the picture at the same spot a few days ago.
I recently read that Colorado may get its “monsoon” season this year after all. It seems that the global weather forecast is shifting from the current La Niña to an El Niño pattern, which means wetter weather here. I imagine that’s music to the ears of firefighters and farmers—not to mention those of us with dry eyes and scratchy throats.
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