Posted: 6/27/2003 7:43:45 PM EDT
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... Almost exactly 14 days after you hear the cicadas'(Genus Cicadetta) peculiar clicking or buzzing chirp we usually get the monsoon rains. ... When you guys first begin to hear them please let me know in this thread. ... Cicada's song. In force, you usually just hear the constant "clicking" not the cycles you do here. ... I love Arizona monsoon seasons, this will give me just a little more incentive to finish this job on the east coast and come home. Woo Hoo! 
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... True, however above the rim it normally always rains somewhat during the monsoon season. I will not go "up north" in the summer before hand. Too dusty and dry, the flora is a tinderbox too. Once the rains come, that all goes away. Ponderosa pines just look happier even. Streams fill, temperatures drop a bit and there's few things more exhilarating than a thunder / lightning storm on the Rim in August. |
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I am in Silver City, NM about five hours east of Pheonix. We had them here a few weeks ago really thick. They seem to have done there thing and are gone now. I washed all my trucks and left the windows down the first time I saw a rain cloud but no rain yet. The past few weeks in the evenings we have been getting dirt storms and clouds that look like they have moisture in them. It has spit a little moisture but only enough to get the dirt to stick to. cruizer |
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... Frick! Right when the meteorologists I kinda trust predict the biggest chance of a real monsoon to hit (tomorrow), I'm be flying back east again. Damn, feels like I live on airplanes sometimes. ... Take notes for me while I'm gone, this is my favorite time of year in Arizona! |