Wet relief: Incoming monsoon may help alleviate drought, experts say
Jerome photographer Ron Chilston captured this thunderstorm photo late Friday afternoon. Even though the Verde Valley may not have received much rain, Chilston reports that this was monsoon action rolling north on the Mogollon Rim looking northeast from his porch in Jerome. There is a 20 percent of thunderstorms today and it is increased to 40 percent Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Photo by Ron Chilston