We are used to hot weather in the southern California desert, so today's high is manageable. But it's a normal high temperature for July, it feels like our cooler late winter days have been snatched away!

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The gym in our community is small, but it has a great view.

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Tonight's Southern California sunset, very high clouds catching the sun before it drops below the mountains.

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We got a good Western US big sky sunset tonight. Taken from the street in front of our house a few minutes before 5:00 PM (1700)

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The rain (and mountain snow,) California's first atmospheric river event of the winter season, is just starting here in the desert east of Los Angeles. Just before it began, I caught this panning shot of the mountains wreathed in clouds.

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The front that has brought lots of rain to California coastal areas today has brought dramatic skies to the desert and the Coachella Valley where we live.

This view, from our community clubhouse, is to the east. The lower, closer mountains are in full sunlight with a rainbow, while the Little San Bernardino Mountains behind them appear destined for rain .

Only a few actual drops here in Rancho Mirage.

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Late summer in the southern California desert sometimes brings monsoonal moisture from the Gulf of California.

Early today it was as humid as south Florida, then we had a rare rainshower this afternoon, and this lovely sunset tonight.

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This baby on the sill of our sliding glass door doesn't know he is a threatened population.

They seem to love our neighborhood, it's not unusual to see them when we're out on the community's walking paths. Adults are about 6-8" from head to tail.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coachella_Valley_fringe-toed_lizard