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The National Weather Service said Sunday that the monsoon season this year in the arid Southwest dropped only 0.15 inches (.38 centimeters) of rainfall from June 15 to September 30.
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 last rounds of showers and thunderstorms associated with the North American monsoon are on deck as a big change in the weather pattern will soon end the tropical influx of moisture over the ...
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.
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 ...
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.
The drier areas are the Desert Southwest, Great Basin, valleys of northeast Arizona, eastern Utah, and central Wyoming. [4] [5] Increased warming within urban heat islands leads to an increase in rainfall downwind of cities. [6]
The chances of thunderstorms through Friday are 30% to 40%, according to Isaac Smith, a meteorologist with the weather service in Phoenix. Yes, more rain. Active monsoon pattern this week to bring ...