slgwv's photos with the keyword: thunderstorm

Thunderhead catching the sunset rays east of Naturita, Colorado. We later had a good gully-washer in the wee hours! Fortunately the roof on the new trailer proved to be waterproof. This is called the "monsoon" locally, and it's not just a metaphor. There is a North American monsoon, which is less well-defined but due to the same mechanisms as the original, with the Gulf of Mexico standing in for the Indian Ocean. It extends over the US southwest, occasionally extending as far as the Sierra Nevada in California, and begins around the first of July.

Intense thunderstorm in Saline Valley, California. The rain is so heavy the water is actually running off the surface--a so-called "sheet flood." You can tell this sort of rainfall is unusual by the vegetation! Looking southwest to the Inyo Mountains.

Castle Valley, Utah, as seen in a thunderstorm from the La Sal Loop road, on the flank of the La Sal Mountains looking northwesterly. The prominent butte is Castleton Tower.