Monsoon season has arrived and we are rejoicing! Every afternoon the clouds build up and rain pours from the skies.
One afternoon I went to ride with Justin in the swather. It seemed like there were storms on every mountain range!
One minute there is a storm on the horizon...
...the next minute, the storm has passed and clear skies are seen once again!
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The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon or the Arizona monsoon, is a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, typically occurring between July and mid-September. During the monsoon, thunderstorms are fueled by daytime heating and build up during the late afternoon-early evening. Typically, these storms dissipate by late night, and the next day starts out fair, with the cycle repeating daily. The monsoon typically loses its energy by mid-September when drier and cooler conditions are reestablished over the region.
*Excerpt taken from Wikipedia
