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Northern Arizona has seen more rain this summer than typical, the weather service says. Here's why and what to expect for the rest of the monsoon. Monsoon 2022: Northern Arizona seeing more ...
Phoenix’s monsoon record is doing more than fueling the heat – it’s a sign of a much more widespread issue developing in the Southwest. Phoenix’s brutal, record-breaking summer just hit ...
Summer monsoon rain over eastern New Mexico. The North American monsoon, variously known as the Southwest monsoon, the Mexican monsoon, the New Mexican monsoon, or the Arizona monsoon [1] is a term for a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
In general, rainfall amounts are lower on the southern portions of the West coast. [16] The biggest recipients of the precipitation are the coastal ranges such as the Olympic Mountains, [17] the Cascades, [18] and the Sierra Nevada range. [19] Lesser amounts fall upon the Continental Divide.
Gulf moisture is typically constrained to central and southern Arizona by the topography of the Mogollon Rim. The moderate steering flow from the surge pushes the convection off the mountains which brings precipitation to the desert valleys. Precipitation from gulf surge events can produce locally heavy rainfall which result in flash floods.
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The clock is ticking on the North American monsoon and the annual shift of winds that transport moisture into the western U.S. Vehicles in the Phoenix metro area navigate a flooded street that ...
On August 24, 1951, the moisture from a hurricane that made landfall in Baja California moved over the state, producing more than 5.00 inches (127 mm) of precipitation over southwestern Arizona. Flagstaff saw 4.00 inches (102 mm) of rain, with similar totals measured at Prescott (3.95 inches; 100 mm) and Phoenix (3.24 inches; 82 mm).