An agreement has finally been signed, linking weather information from a radar site in rural Arizona to weather forecasters to better detect dust storms forming in a critical area.
Dust picked up from decaying thunderstorms in New Mexico, causing a hazy first day of summer around the Phoenix metro and central and southern Arizona.
While it’s fairly uncommon for Pacific hurricanes to make it into Arizona as intact tropical systems, the remnants and moisture from these storms often impact us in the late monsoon season.
The Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a 69% chance that La Niña will occur from July through September. What does that mean for the monsoon here in Arizona?
On average, the state sees more than half a million lightning strikes and probably more than 2 million total flashes when you count lightning within clouds.