Total Monthly Precip. [cm]

Both global models initiate monsoon rainfall later in the season (Aug max instead of July)
… Sensitive to soil moisture?

All models generate a summer (Jul or Aug) precip max in both averaging areas

(Tier I)

note: the CORE avg

is derived only

over land for obs,

but includes model

gridpoints over the

Gulf of California

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