THE DUST DEVIL, ARIZONA STYLE

Or Dust Tornado, sometimes these babies stretch far into the sky. One hundred feet high, I'd guess. Why and how? You'd have to ask a local meteorologist. But they aren't too good. I mean, I know I could hit the weather forecasts as well.

So I'll try. Today, tomorrow, and for the rest of the month in Scottsdale it will be mostly sunny with a morning low in the 60's and afternoon high in the mid-nineties. Sometime before the end of the month, we'll hit 100 degrees, but that warm air flow won't last. There will be 0% chance of rain.

That's it. You won't have to tune in; you won't have to stay up; you won't have to be teased by a limited forecast, or even "I see changes coming in our weather for the weekend. Stay tuned ( in 20 minutes or so) for the complete forecast." You have it till June 1. Refer back to this page as much as you need.

Now if a little wind comes up, or if a lot of wind blows in and creates dust devils, well, all predictions are off. I had a Weather class in college at Illinois State back when. I didn't like it. And then I had a Climate class as Southern Illinois University. There we studied the water tables of Viet Nam. All quarter. I didn't like that class either. I always thought that Prof was trying to prepare us for something I wanted no part of. And that's the extent of my weather/climate studies.

I always thought old coaches were the best weathermen/women since they watched the skies for rain. And prevailing winds. They had to know when to take out a pitcher and stall, or when to save the tired athlete from a relay team. But they didn't have to worry about dust devils unless they lived out here.