Objectives-con’t

• Observe the development and propagation of southerly surges and associated low-level jets

in the Gulf of California in the broader regional context of tropical easterly waves and

mid-latitude westerly trough passages.

• Clarify the relationship of southerly surges/jets to the forcing, organization and northward

propagation of convectively-generated precipitation.

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