Last year, some rare and powerful storm systems dumped rain across Arizona’s southern counties, flooding rivers and causing roads to be submerged. If early weather patterns hold form, this summer could be another wet one. That’s why, as Arizona’s monsoon season approaches, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow network needs your help observing the state’s precipitation. People who sign up for this program could be in for an interesting summer as Nancy Selover, a state climatologist and research professor at Arizona State University’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, says that an active early hurricane season off the western coast of Mexico suggests parts of Arizona could be receiving plenty of rainfall this monsoon season. The group is looking for people outside of Phoenix and Tucson to help report rainfall frequency and volume through the summer storm season. Working with the network is pretty simple, even for people who don’t have a strong interest in meteorology. Observers monitor a rain gauge on the property and then report the daily amounts on the group’s website at www.cocorahs.org. Professional weather forecasters, hydrologists, engineers, climatologists and more use the findings for their research and analysis. Thunderstorm activity usually begins in the first week of July, so people interested in reporting rainfall are encouraged to sign up for the service pronto. Find out how online at www.cocorahs.org.