Serious Weather Threatened... then passed us by.

We were under a brief Severe Thunderstorm Warning this afternoon, and there remains a threat of rain until 4:30 this afternoon.  The heat was amazing... at one point our thermometer measured 98° and thirty minutes later it had dropped to 87° as the storm cells built to the north.  Though we were on the very edge of the warning area, I'll bet most of us hoped for some of that rain and a serious drink for our backcountry.  We still have a couple more hours of heavy rain threat, so finger crossed, and hopefully no dry lighting.

Here's a couple of radar grabs from earlier.  This is our monsoon season—such as it is.  Keeps things interesting.

YELLOW AREA =  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AREABLUE = HAIL FALLING
GREEN  = FLOOD & HEAVY RAIN WARNING AREA

FIRST ALERT ISSUED AT 2:30 PM

THE STORM LINE EXTENDED FAR INTO MEXICO AND MOVED TO THE NORTHWEST