July 2017 CLIMAS SW Climate Podcast - Monsoon Round One (Plus the 122nd Coolest June on Record)

In this edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast - Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to discuss Southwestern weather & climate, including: The extended heat wave of June 2017 (and the near record heat for the first half of 2017 (Jan-Jun)) (1:00 - 15:00), The wildfires in the Southwest , and the role that a monsoon late arrival might have played (15:00-19:00) The Southwestern Monsoon - the components of the system, comparisons to other years, and what we might expect going forward (19:00-38:00) As a note: this was recorded on Jun 12, 2017, before most of the extended run of monsoon activity that hit southern Arizona Jun 10 - Jun 17 (and is ongoing!).  Mike and Zack will discuss more about this (amazing) week in the next edition of the podcast. Materials discussed in this podcast:     Monsoon Resources CLIMAS: www.climas.arizona.edu/sw-climate/monsoon Monsoon Summaries: https://cals.arizona.edu/climate/misc/monsoon/monsoon_summaries.html CSAP: Precipitation Maps of the Monsoon - Arizona and New Mexico  National Weather Service: www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/monsoon/monsoon.php Bob Maddox's MadWeather Blog - https://madweather.blogspot.com/ Arizona WRF Discussion - https://arizonawrf.blogspot.com/   *122nd out of 123 - otherwise known as the 2nd warmest June on record (listen in for the details from Zack and Mike)