Welcoming the Monsoon

When the monsoon comes, it is all of a sudden.  After months of hotter and hotter and drier and drier weather with temperatures hitting a hundred and the forests aflame, there is this shift of winds.  For a week or so there are sporadic clouds that grow over the mountain and then suddenly it happens

The weather is moister - way moister

 The clouds start flowing over the mountains.

And it's cooler.  The high temperature drops 10 to 15 degrees on average.

And we get rain.  Not gently soaking rain.  Down pours.  It can rain a month's worth in one shower (when you only get an inch of rain a month on average)

And it is never predictable.  Yesterday when I took this picture, we ended up not getting much of anything while 7 miles to our west they were having flash floods.

The relative humidity is up and you can feel your mucous membranes again.  It is one of our favorite times of the year.