When there is a high over the Four Corners its clockwise flow brings moisture from the Gulf. But that's all I know.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 9:39 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all, > > > > Back in June, when sF had all that rain, I wrote a smart-alecky letter to > the abq weather office asking it the pattern was truly a monsoon pattern. > The result is below. I am bewildered (as you can imagine) because I > thought that the monsoon had to do with a weakness in the subtropical belt > of high pressure that rings the globe at about SF’s latitude in the summer, > a thermal low pressure area caused by the intense heating of the SW > deserts. . > > > > As I say, I know nothing. > > > > Nick Thompson > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > *From:* SR.ABQ Webmaster - NOAA Service Account <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: monsoon > > > > Hi Nicholas, > > > > Sorry for the late reply to your email. > > > > The weather pattern we have been in since mid June is a monsoon. The > monsoon flow is dependent on the position of the four corners high. > > > > If you would like a detailed explanation of the synoptic setup during the > monsoon feel free to click on the link provided below. > > > > https://www.weather.gov/abq/prepawaremonsoonhome > > > > Hope that answers your question and feel free to email us back if you have > any further questions. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [image: NWS Logo] > > > > *National Weather Service* > > Albuquerque, New Mexico > > [image: Telephone]888.386.7637 > > [image: Email]s <[email protected]>[email protected] > > [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/NWSAlbuquerque> > > [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/NWSAlbuquerque> > > [image: YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/user/NWSAlbuquerque> > > [image: WRN] <https://www.weather.gov/wrn> > > 2341 Clark Carr Loop SE | Albuquerque, NM 87106 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear ABQ, > > > > I am writing with a question. Although professionally a bio-psychologist, > I have studied the weather as an amateur for more than 70 years. Your > office, particularly your former colleague Timothy Shy, was kind enough to > answer such inquiries in the past, so I hope one of you could take a few > moments to answer this one. As always, feel free to direct me to internet > links. > > > > *Is the present weather pattern truly a monsoon?* I can see that the > situation has some features of a monsoon, and I can absolutely see why NWS > is not interested dickering with the public over fine points: It’s summer, > it’s raining, that’s really all we need to know. > > > > The reason I asking is that, while I spend most of the year in Santa Fe, > I am in New England at the moment, where we are experiencing a bout of > cool weather, many days rainy. I associate your monsoons with New > England’s hot humid weather, which occurs when the Bermuda High builds > backwards into the SE US. The thermal low over the desert SW now becomes > the “seam” between the Pacific and the Atlantic subtropical highs, and > moisture pours in from Gulf of Mexico and the Sea of Cortez. > > > > The present situation is a classic omega block, no? It presumably arises > more from global circulatory forces and less so from regional heating > differentials. > > > > Please feel free to fob me off with a web-link or two. I know you are > busy. > > > > Thank you for what you do. > > > > Nick Thompson > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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