Much like other modes of storm observing, chasing lightning in Arizona often requires many hours of driving and/or patient monitoring before getting into position for the show that may or may not happen. In this case, I had driven west from Las Cruces, NM, for the first of four days of an abbreviated monsoonal moisture intrusion near Tucson, the afternoons of which were spent roaming the few roads west, south and east of town to corral some big sparks. This was the second substantial blast of electricity from a young, diffuse, yet well-charged core several miles to the west.
5 W Amado AZ (15 Jul 19) Looking WSW
31.7191, -111.1501Blasting the Borderlands
Much like other modes of storm observing, chasing lightning in Arizona often requires many hours of driving and/or patient monitoring before getting into position for the show that may or may not happen. In this case, I had driven west from Las Cruces, NM, for the first of four days of an abbreviated monsoonal moisture intrusion near Tucson, the afternoons of which were spent roaming the few roads west, south and east of town to corral some big sparks. This was the second substantial blast of electricity from a young, diffuse, yet well-charged core several miles to the west.
5 W Amado AZ (15 Jul 19) Looking WSW
31.7191, -111.1501