Let the games begin!

According to the National Weather Service, we've hit our third day in a row of dewpoints above 54°; this means that the 2007 monsoon season officially started Sunday the 8th. And in other weather-wonky news, yesterday was our 27th consecutive day of 100° temps, but we broke the stretch today with a high of only 99°. I bet, though, we'll have another run at it -

What does this mean in the short term, other than muggy days and awesome lightning shows? Well, we here at MPOW actually start a contest to see who can predict rain the best. We vote every day by noon, you get 2 points for a correct yes, 1 for a correct no, and none for an incorrect guess. Competition runs high and hallway hassling is not unheard of. It's the highlight of our summers (sad, but true!).

The monsoon is coming! The monsoon is coming!

Break out the raincoats, the monsoon is coming!

OK, maybe not so much. But for the first time in AGES there's a teeny tiny chance for precipitation forecasted for the next week. I know the NWS is just using climatology and has no real idea what might happen, but hey, based on years of what happened on the next few days we might actually get a drop or two of rain soon. Can't come soon enough... my fingers are crossed for a nice, messy, fill-up-the-rivers season this year! Plus, the temps are coming down - it's strange to live somewhere where you get excited that the temps are dropping down to 100°...