The clouds chickened out by 3 P.M. So unreliable.
The rain is truly really supposed to happen on Friday, though. The weather guessers have caused the Whitewater River canyon north of I-10 to be closed all day tomorrow, they seem to think gully-washer rainstorms will descend after noon, in burn-scarred areas denuded by last summer's fires. Mud, rocks, trees, brush, and whatever else raging gully-washers can bring along for the ride might make things unpleasant in the upper canyon bottom. That's one of the pleasant (?) parts of desert-edge river bottom topography and vegetation--if you get tired of it over time, a nice flash flood will come along and re-condition things for you right efficiently.