Melissa Wagner Wrote:

I just wanted to comment on the storms last night in terms of northern activity. (Grad meteorology student at ASU). Maricopa County had a beautiful, long gust front pass through. While no activity occurred over PHX metro. The NNW portion had impressive storms fire up with great lightning and rain shafts seen from miles away. FCD-Maricopa had recorded 0.43in from 1844 to 1859 at Lake Pleasant. There were other hotspots in the NW, but not as impressive. The NE steering flow and that gust front gave the NNW portion of Maricopa County its first taste of the monsoons.