[FRIAM] FW: monsoon

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

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

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From: SR.ABQ Webmaster - NOAA Service Account <sr-abq.webmaster at noaa.gov> 
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:03 PM
To: thompnickson2 at gmail.com
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.

 

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com> > 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

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