Southwest USA Monsoon Season to yield more severe storms than usual
| Published on June 13, 2011 5:10 pm PT – By Kevin Martin – Senior Meteorologist – Article Editor and Approved – Warren Miller |
(TheWeatherSpace.com) — It has been a colder than average June across the Southwestern United States and this is leaving me to believe the year will be more severe in terms of the intensity of thunderstorms in the Southwestern United States, from large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
There is a hint of hope that the season will start through Arizona and Mexico by the end of this month as the Four Corner High Pressure system develops, however a persistent trough in the Pacific will keep much of the ridge from fully forming.
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