(Photo taken 7-1-2008 by Kathie with the Nikon D80: see shooting data below)A Monsoon is described a seasonal shift in the wind. Here in Arizona, it is when the prevailing winds shift from the west, northwest to the south, south east. On these winds the tropical moisture from the Gulfs of Mexico and California ride bringing us daily thunderstorms and humidity. Until this year the Monson was always marked by three consecutive days of a dew point of 54 degrees or higher. However, this year the National Weather Service has decided on a more fixed measurement. For the first time ever the official Monsoon starts on June 15 and ends on September 30th. Any rain that falls during that time period will be attributed to Monsoon rain.
For us, it really doesn’t change anything. The monsoon starts and ends when it wants to, and the rain falls where it will. During the Monsoon we have the most exciting skies of the year as thunderstorms roll in and curtains of rain fall. A Monsoon sunset is spectacular and never the same twice. This week’s Skywatch photo was taken Tuesday night, July 1 during one of those storms.
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Shooting data:
Nikon D802008/07/01 19:32:01.3JPEG (8-bit)
NormalImage Size: Large (3872 x 2592)ColorLens: VR 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 GFocal Length: 78mmDigital Vari-Program: LandscapeMetering Mode: Multi-Pattern1/125 sec - F/6.3ExposureComp.: 0 EV
22 comments:
Impressive thundercloud!
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Dynamic pic! Not often do I think of a pink storm cloud!
Kathie: Here is a great case of taking the good from a bad situation. That is a great Sky.
We had a storm last night, too, but I didn't get great pictures from it as you did. Nice!
It is an exciting sky, Kathie, and a beautiful one.
Great shot, Kathie! I think Connecticut has monsoon symptoms this summer!
Impressive colours and shapes! I'd imagine monsoons to be 'exciting' in many ways ;)
keep looking up it is the only way to live isn't it great that we have skywatch to help us notice all this beauty
Majestic photograph with information I didn't know of before this. Thanks for sharing!
I don't think I ever thought of Monsoon in connection with Arizona. I thought more like Southeast Asia. Learn something new everyday. Pappy
Oh how lovely. And I enjoyed reading about the monsoonal moisture you are getting. Lovely color in this one.
Beautiful!
really magnificent skies you have here...or should I say clouds? I would not have minded seeing a whole series.
You really do take fabulous Sky Watch shots! Thanks for this informative post. And Happy Independence day!
Love the sky watch photos, when we were in Quartzite in Jan they had some beautiful sunsets and sunrises
Excellent Sky Watch.. picture perfect with those clouds and the colouring.. :O)
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Perfect entry for skywatch… all I can say is that “you’ll be the sun in somebody else’s sky”…LoL! Mine’s up too hope you can drop by…
This is really nice:) Great clours and your shot is perfect!
Very beautiful, I love the muted colours!
Beautiful, beautiful -- sky and photo. I was interested in the information about Monsoons; I didn't know, either, that they came to Arizona. Thanks for sharing this with us on Sky Watch.
Have a safe and fun trip to Connecticut & Maine. That's lovely country, too.
Great sky watch post, still trying to see all the sky watch photos on Tom's blog.
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