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2013 Monsoon (with context)

Environmental Quality Advisory Council September 18, 2013

Zack Guido

Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)

It’s been very spotty

Seems like it’s the driest we’ve had in a long time

It’s the greenest I’ve seen

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

The climate context

Monsoon: JAS

Winter: Nov-Mar

La N

ina

La N

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Neu

tral

Monsoon: JAS

Winter: Nov-Mar

Monsoon: JAS

Winter: Nov-Mar

http://arizonaexperience.org/

http://arizonaexperience.org/

http://www.its.caltech.edu/

No 2 monsoons the same

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arizona_population_map.png

7-8ish

2-3ish

3-4ish

4-5ish

Rainlog.org

June 18

September 19

IRI Climate and Society

9.5 in: 1950-2010 avg

Thanks zguido@email.arizona.edu

Monsoon: JAS

Winter: Nov-Mar