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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Gulf surges bring moisture to southern Arizona during the North American Monsoon. Prior to the 1970s, the consensus of meteorologists was the moisture that fueled the central and southern Arizona monsoon resulted from the movement of the Bermuda High to a more south and west position, which in turn transported water vapor to the region from the ...
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.
The monsoon is more active this week in Arizona. While the state is under a flood watch until Wednesday morning, there is little flooding thus far. Monsoon storms bring minimal flooding across ...
Following the driest monsoon season on record in 2020, one of the wettest monsoons on record across the Southwest occurred in 2021. 'Normal to above normal rain' expected for Arizona monsoon ...