[FRIAM] FW: monsoon

[Frank Wimberly]

When there is a high over the Four Corners its clockwise flow brings
moisture from the Gulf.  But that's all I know.

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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 <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all,
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> 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.  .
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> As I say, I know nothing.
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> Nick Thompson
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* SR.ABQ Webmaster - NOAA Service Account <sr-abq.webmaster at noaa.gov>
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> *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:03 PM
> *To:* thompnickson2 at gmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: monsoon
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> Hi Nicholas,
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> Sorry for the late reply to your email.
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> 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.
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> If you would like a detailed explanation of the synoptic setup during the
> monsoon feel free to click on the link provided below.
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> https://www.weather.gov/abq/prepawaremonsoonhome
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> Hope that answers your question and feel free to email us back if you have
> any further questions.
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> Many thanks.
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> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear ABQ,
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> 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.
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> *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.
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> 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.
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> The present situation is a classic omega block, no?  It presumably arises
> more from global circulatory forces and less so from regional heating
> differentials.
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> Please feel free to fob me off with a web-link or two.  I know you are
> busy.
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> Thank you for what you do.
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> Nick Thompson
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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