[AZ-Observing] Re: Spring weather prospects

I assume, then, that it means we have only three months, April, May, and 
June, before we get into the next round of rainy weather - the Monsoon. 
Hopefully, it will be delayed in coming, and hopefully it will be a weak 
monsoon season.
Stan

Brian Skiff wrote:

>     Along with the two-week forecasts issued daily by the NWS (actually
>a NOAA climate group), the long-lead climate forecasts, issued monthly,
>came out today.  If the moaps are to be believed, things will continue
>to be wet through March.  The chit-chat that goes with the maps says:
>
>EPISODES OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN CALIFORNIA AND THE INTERIOR SOUTHWEST THAT
>HAVE OCCURRED SINCE EARLY JANUARY ARE THE RESULT OF UNUSUAL CIRCULATION 
>PATTERNS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN THAT ARE NOT TYPICAL OF EL NINOS.
>THE SUBTROPCIAL WESTERLIES OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ARE PREDICTED
>TO BE SOMEWHAT STRONGER THAN NORMAL FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS...
>
>The maps and discussion are linked from here:
>
>http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/30day/
>
>     The regular 8- and 12-day forecasts suggest the present unsettled
>weather will continue through the end of next week:
>
>http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/
>http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/
>
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