Late May is when Tucsonans and other southern Arizonans begin the countdown to the monsoon. The first 100F day for the area was on Sunday, and now we just want some water. Whatever we get will not make up for the dryness we've had these last eight months.
Today's sky looked promising first thing this morning. Grey clouds hung low over the Mule Mountains and it felt a bit more humid. In the afternoon the sky over the western mountains looked overcast, but perhaps that was from the new fires burning south of Tucson. It was in the 90s today with a trace of humidity; there was nothing monsoonal about this.
Other common sounds I heard today were USBP helicopters flying low overhead a few times. Those choppers haven't been as often as they used to be, but more apprehensions also don't get reported. A USBP van was parked off one dirt road this evening as I walked the dogs, and it had its lights on facing the highway. Odd.
As for fires, here are the most recent updates.
The Horseshoe2 is now at:72,900 acres and 75% contained.
Arlene: 10,610 acres and fully contained.
There's now a new fire, the Murphy Fire, near Arivaca, that is around 1000 acres. It is also human caused.
The new Wallow fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves forest, which started yesterday, is 2,615 acres.
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