Suitably Wicked!

When I headed out of work on Thursday the sky looked wicked. The air was hot and heavy. I was so excited! Jessette was still at school, so I sent her a text and told her there was a big storm coming and to stay put for a while. I hurried home to be with my younger kids! When I got home we turned on the TV to check out the weather channel. We watched the storms progress from Gilbert to Mesa and Tempe, through Phoenix. The intensity was great, the storm cells where colored in yellow and reds, indicating heavy rain. The cloud cover was over the entire valley. When we could see the wind picking up outside we went out front to pull the trash and recycle cans into the garage. As Mark and I stood there watching the storms progression, we viewed the depth of the cloud clover, the awesome formations; the circling patterns, the bubbling, the building of the storm. Thrilling! The thunder sounded as though it rolled consistently from one end of town to the other. And then when I looked straight up, it seemed as though I was looking into a tunnel. As though the clouds went up for miles, and when the thunder cracked again it sounded like it was coming right out of that long tunnel above me. As the wind picked up, the temperature dropped considerately. The air was now cool. And then it started to sprinkle. We headed back inside. The storm cells shown on the TV were now past Glendale and looked to be right over us, but they there not only yellows and reds, but directly over our location was pink! Heavy, intense stuff! So I pointed this out to the kids, and we viewed the unleashing in our back yard! First the wind intensified. Next the sheets of rain came down. Pea sized hail turned to marble sized hail. Then the rain was coming down so hard we couldn’t see the house behind ours. The wind was so strong it looked like the rain was falling horizontally. We must have gotten about three inches of rain in about 10 minutes. It was wonderful! About a half hour after the heavy duty part of the storm had passed us, we all took a drive. It was still raining, but already the City was out moving the fallen trees from the streets. That impressed me! The sunset was bright yellow, it made everything look eerie and cool. Rain fell on and off all night.

As I went to work the next morning, the sky was scattered with huge cloudy patches; providing a wonderful sunrise. As I headed east I could see clouds creeping, like the fog in San Francisco, over the McDowell Mountains. It was awesome!

Need I tell you that I love monsoon season? Yep Yep Yep, I do!