This was the view right around sundown last evening. About an hour later, the wind came up, we heard thunder and saw lightning flashes. We got a nice steady shower for about fifteen minutes – just enough to soak into the desert soil. Click on the image to enlarge.
Harrumph! All we got out of it was rain in the mountains, and a dust storm in the desert.
I have found that I hate dust storms; they play hob with my pool.