CONTINENTAL-SCALE PRECIPITATION PATTERN

• The continental-scale precipitation pattern is characterized by

  • an out-of-phase relationship between the U.S. Southwest and the U.S. Great Plains.
  • an in-phase relationship between the U.S. Southwest and the U.S. Southeast.

• Phase reversals in this pattern are related to the onset and decay of the monsoon

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