Left for work around noon and saw a thunderstorm over the mountains, turned out to be a pyro-cumulus cloud from a wildfire near Mountain Center. Dubbed the Cranston Fire, it’s burned over 3,500 acres and an arson suspect is in costody. From the satellite view it appears to be two separate fires.
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/wfo/sgx/h5-loop-vis.html
Temps over 100 aren’t helping but so far the smoke is missing us and the winds are light.