Best Climate Assessment For The Southwest Climas Podcasts (2025)

August 2025 SW Climate Podcast - At Wits End Recorded 8/29/2025, Aired 9/2/2025 We are over two-thirds of the way through this year’s monsoon and in this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins have a bit of a therapy session. They do a round up of July and August which they call the most uninteresting monsoon. There is…

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July 2025 SW Climate Podcast - The (Unusual) Monsoon Edition 1:08:27

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Recorded 07/23/2025, Aired 07/24/2025 Hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins in this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast focus on the current unusual monsoon for the entire episode. All the ingredients are there - but it is not your typical season. They cover the southwesterly flow, what the heck is going on with the four corners high, and the low that’s…

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June 2025 SW Climate Podcast - Monsoon’s Gonna Monsoon 1:07:13

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Recorded 06/24/2025, Aired 06/26/2025 In this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast we are in the final countdown to the monsoon. To get us started, host Zack Guido quizzes host Mike Crimmins on his climatology knowledge. They then cover this past month’s heat ramp up, take a walk down monsoon history over the past few seasons, and look at past conditi…

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May 2025 SW Climate Podcast - Monsoon Countdown 1:23:08

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Recorded 5/16/2025, Aired 05/20/2025 The Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are ready to start counting down the days to this year’s monsoon season. But before they get into the monsoon preview - they do a final winter recap and review April and May’s weather patterns. They also cover the fire season so far, and Mike gets …

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March 2025 SW Climate Podcast – March Toward Heat 1:14:46

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Recorded 3/28/2025, Aired 4/1/2025 For this month's Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins deliver a fully robust episode. They review the abysmal winter season, breeze through our ‘meh’ March, cover the snowpack conditions and drought situation - which all could lead up to a potentially active fire hazard season. Stick around…

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February 2025 SW Climate Podcast – Well… It’s Been Sunny 1:16:18

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Recorded 2/14/2025, Aired 2/18/2025 It’s a new year and in this month’s episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are looking for good news. Zack gives a tour of recent statistics for the past few months and Mike goes over the related atmospheric happenings. They cover La Niña and the climatology of the Southwest d…

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December 2024 SW Climate Podcast – Relatively Speaking 1:00:22

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Recorded 12/06/2024 Aired 12/10/2024 In this month’s episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins slow-roll into the winter season. They look back on 2024 followed by what happened in November and why - including the Atmospheric River event on the west coast. They dive into a recent paper that interrogates the expecte…

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November 2024 SW Climate Podcast – It’s All About Nuance 1:09:13

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Recorded 11/1/2024 Aired 11/5/2024 The Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are grateful that fall is (finally) here. In this month’s episode, they unpack the persistent heat that hung around through October as well as blocking patterns. They discuss the two major hurricanes that made landfall - Helene and Milton. And get in…

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September 2024 SW Climate Podcast – A Tale of Two Monsoon Halves 1:12:53

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Recorded 9/20/2024 Aired 9/24/2024 In this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack ‘Generational’ Guido and Mike “Dewpoint’ Crimmins break down what the heck happened to the second half of the monsoon this year. They unpack the recent Atlantic tropical activity, or lack thereof, as well as any hope for the Pacific to bring some moisture to the…

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August 2024 SW Climate Podcast – Monsoon Morphology 1:28:19

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Recorded 8/16//2024 Aired 8/20/2024 Now that we are over halfway through the 2024 monsoon season, this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins don their chef hats and lay out the main ingredients of the monsoon. They give a recap of recent rain events, answer the question of whether or not the characteristics of convect…

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July 2024 SW Climate Podcast – Wrong for the Right Reasons 1:19:17

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Recorded 7/19/2024 Aired 7/23/2024 Get ready for a big episode day as this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins kick off the monsoon season. The crew cover the evolution of the current monsoon phases from onset to where we are today with stats and analysis. And there is even a bit of a philosophical introspection on …

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June 2024 SW Climate Podcast – So you're telling me there's a chance? 1:09:06

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It’s June - which means in this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast, hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins can officially talk about the monsoon. Before they deep dive into the 2024 monsoon season, they cover recent conditions from last month, the fire risk and its relationship to the monsoon, and then get right down to business. The stakes are high wit…

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Special Edition SW Climate Podcast - 2023 E&S Fellows 1:21:27

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Welcome to this special episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast with guest hosts: Gigi Owen & Christina Greene. In this special episode, we bring you 3 guests that were all part of the CLIMAS Environment & Society Fellowship program over the past year. A lot of the science that CLIMAS researchers do is done collaboratively with and for our communi…

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May 2024 SW Climate Podcast – Rumble in the Desert 1:02:19

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It’s that time and we are 6 weeks away from the start of the 2024 monsoon season. In this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast, hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins cover the end of the winter season, the transition month of April and give an early preview to the monsoon. Will the shift from El Niño to La Niña make for a dry or wet monsoon or active hur…

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March 2024 SW Climate Podcast – The Kinda, Sorta El Niño 1:11:20

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In this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast hosts Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins look back at winter to share insights on the late-loaded precipitation, as well as current snowpack conditions and streamflow forecasts. The hosts discuss how El Niño played out as it starts its transition to La Niña and what to look out for this coming spring setting up t…

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February 2024 SW Climate Podcast – El Niño’s Getting Late 1:00:31

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February 2024 SW Climate Podcast – El Niño’s Getting LateIt’s the new year and Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are back to give the lowdown on what’s happening in regards to the Southwest Climate in this month’s Podcast. They cover this past winter’s three-month pattern and overall conditions. Then they get global with the current state of El Niño and…

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December 2023 SW Climate Podcast – Special MailBag Episode 1:33:09

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December 2023 SW Climate Podcast – Special MailBag EpisodeZack Guido and Mike Crimmins sharpened their pencils, hit the library, and did their homework to bring you a very special MailBag episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast for this month. Thank you to all the listeners for sending in your questions and for trying to stump our hosts. This epis…

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November 2023 SW Climate Podcast – Winter is Coming 1:03:01

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November 2023 SW Climate Podcast – Winter is ComingIn this month’s Southwest Climate Podcast, Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are back from Thanksgiving to give a recap of November, which was not much to write home about. They start gearing us up for the next few months by taking a look back at previous winters and give a glimpse into this coming seas…

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September 2023 SW Climate Podcast – 2023 Monsoon Recap 52:30

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Goodbye, adios, sayonara - In this month’s podcast, the crew is ready to put the 2023 monsoon in the rearview mirror. Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins give this year’s monsoon season recap and the only good thing to say is that ‘at least it was not 2020’ :( They cover what happened in September, review temperature and precipitation as well as the tropi…

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August 2023 SW Climate Podcast – The Existential Monsoon 1:06:57

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In wrapping up a double-punch storm here in August ‘23, Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are here to deconstruct the current monsoon season. They discuss various analogs to this year, cover Hurricane Hilary that made its way up through the western U.S. as well as the potential for additional tropical storms to bring more precipitation to the Southwest.…

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July 2023 SW Climate Podcast – A Puzzling Monsoon 54:40

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Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins bring you the July '23 edition of the Southwest Climate Podcast to tease out what the heck is happening with this year's monsoon. They cover some of the record-breaking heat in July, look back at the historical record of past monsoons to find an analog to this year, weigh in on whether any or all can be attributed to th…

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June 2023 SW Climate Podcast – 2023 Monsoon Kick Off 1:15:58

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If you aren't thinking about the 2023 Monsoon Season, this Kick Off episode for the June 2023 Southwest Climate Podcast is just what you need. Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are here to dive into the May / June review, a look at the current wildfire season, a brief chat about drought, then get into the recent Tex-Mex Heat Dome and dive right into the…

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May 2023 SW Climate Podcast – Asking the Real Questions 1:10:17

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Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins are back in the May 2023 edition of the Southwest Climate Podcast where they are asking the real questions: Has it been a quiet spring? What was with that Monsoon-y Too Soon Maysoon? Why is it so hot in the Southwest? What are the models showing for the upcoming Monsoon season? And how come those models are throwing sha…

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Special Edition SW Climate Podcast - 2022 E&S Fellows 55:07

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For this special edition of the Southwest Climate Podcast Gigi Owen sits down with the CLIMAS exiting 2022 Environment & Society Fellows for a recap of their projects during their year as well as some words of wisdom for the incoming Fellows.Host: Gigi Owen2022 Environment & Society Fellows: Julia DaviesBarriers to urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan …

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Mar 2023 SW Climate Podcast – Water Everywhere: Big Winter Stories 1:20:05

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In the March 2023 edition of the Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido still have plenty to talk about! The pod starts out with a recap of the month of March’s precipitation and temperature followed by a discussion of whether ENSO played a role. Then they plow (pun intended) into the ‘Big Winter Stories’ covering historical snowpa…

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Feb 2023 SW Climate Podcast - Having it Both Ways: A La Niña and non-La Niña Winter 1:19:07

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In the February 2023 edition of the Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido return after a bit of a hiatus, and have a lot to talk about (buckle up!). Across the pod, they recap the winter conditions in the Southwest, talk about how this did/did-not live up to expectations for a La Niña winter, the effect some really widespread wint…

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Nov 2022 SW Climate Podcast - Checking in on the Extended Transition Season 1:00:27

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In the November episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido check in with some extended weather/transition events over the last few months, and how this relates to monsoon-like vs. fall and winter events. They work through a set of possible scenarios for winter, and what we might expect with the current (triple dip!) La N…

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Oct 2022 SW Climate Podcast - Sending the Monsoon Away in Style 1:01:56

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A note on the podcast, especially to those in our UA community that are grieving.We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague, Tom Meixner, who was killed on the University of Arizona campus on October 5th, 2022. We recorded the podcast the day before, and our tone reflects our joyful enthusiasm for weather and climate in the Southwest, something …

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Sept 2022 Southwest Climate Podcast - The Case for 2022 as a Generational Monsoon 52:29

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In the September episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido catch up on where the monsoon ranks through August, and what September might bring (and how that might affect those rankings). After a tour of regional stats and how various parts of the Southwest are faring with the monsoon, Zack and Mike take a deeper dive int…

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Jul 2022 Southwest Climate Podcast - Is this a Good or Bad Monsoon? 1:06:39

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In this episode of The Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to talk through the last month of monsoon activity, how the monsoon is performing around the region (and at their houses). They follow up with some discussions of MCV/MCS dynamics based on a listener question and try to make the case whether this is a good monso…

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Jun 2022 Southwest Climate Podcast - Are You Ready for the Monsoon? 1:07:30

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In the June 2022 episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido apologize for the extended (and unintentional) break from podcasting, before diving into to a wide ranging "catch-up" episode that recaps winter and spring conditions, discusses regional hazards we see in spring into summer, and touches on the forecast and outlo…

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Special Episode - 2021 CLIMAS Environment & Society Graduate Fellows Interviews 50:49

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This episode is a break from the Southwest Climate Podcast, but Zack and Mike will be back in April to talk all things Southwest Climate. In this special episode, Gigi Owen sits down for one on one conversations with Moriah Bailey Stephenson, Simone Williams, and Lea Schram von Haupt (the 2021 CLIMAS E&S Grad Fellows) to chat with each of them abou…

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Mar 2022 Southwest Climate Podcast - Cold(ish), Windy, and Dry - Winter Recap & Looking Ahead 42:50

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In the Mar 2022 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido dive into a recap of winter (so far) in the Southwest. First, recap winter to date, and put it in the context of a double-dip La Niña, including precipitation totals, temperature, and snowpack. Then they take a closer look at the phases of the PNA (Pacific…

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Jan 2022 Southwest Climate Podcast - La Niña, Winter Storms, & the Jetstream 53:20

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In the January 2022 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido dive into the winter weather so far, tracking how this lines up with expectations in a La Niña year, and what to track this winter to look for La Nina effects - temperature, snow water equivalent, streamflow forecasts, etc. They also take a closer look…

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Dec 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Holiday 2021 Edition 35:42

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In the December/Holiday edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down for a quick look at the weather of the last month or so, some recent events bringing winter storms to the region, and what a La Nina might bring in the rest of 2021 and through the rest of winter 2022. They also reflect on 2021 and memorab…

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Nov 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Monsoon 2021 Roundup 44:24

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In the November edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido look back to monsoon 2021 to do a recap of the seasonal totals. They are joined by Paul Iniguez, the Science and Operations Officer for the National Weather Service office in Phoenix, to take a closer look at the 2021 monsoon, how it stacked up around the …

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Oct 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Diving into ENSO and the La Niña Double Dip 48:40

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In the October 2021 edition of the Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido reconvene after a long pause to revisit recent conditions in September and October, dive into what ENSO and La Niña might have in store for the Southwest, and what the Double Dip is and why it's more likely in back to back La Niñas. For monsoon fantasy player…

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Sept 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Is the (Generational) Monsoon Over? 1:09:27

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In the September Edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to revisit last month's discussion of a generational monsoon. They check in around the region to see how various locations are faring and discuss the interesting patterns they've seen in monsoon activity so far. They put the totals to date into c…

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August 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - 2021 - A Generational Monsoon? 1:04:01

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In the August 2021 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to discuss the "monsoon that comes to you" (i.e. it's just about everywhere, and it just keeps coming!). They discuss the (record) July for some areas, as well as the well above average conditions around much of the region. They also deconstruc…

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July 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Early Monsoon Stats - All Timer or Too Soon to Tell? 51:46

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In the (mid/late) July edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido are back at it, given all that happened with the monsoon since early July. First, they dive into monsoon conditions around the region, to put them into climatological perspective, while discussing some of the defining characteristics of the monsoon.…

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July 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Tracking Heat Waves and the Onset of the Monsoon 54:32

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In the June/early-July edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to discuss weather and climate in the Southwest. They start with June heatwaves, and where these sit in comparison to climatology/normal for the Southwest, and how they differ from the record heat waves seen in the Pacific Northwest. They t…

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May 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Late May’s Most Common Question - What’s The Monsoon Forecast?! 56:07

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In the May 2021 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to discuss a range of issues related to that most pressing question this time of year - "What's the Monsoon Forecast?!". They run through the last month of weather, what we might expect from June given historical patterns and extremes, and how muc…

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Apr 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Winter Weather Scorecard and Diving into Assessments of Seasonal vs. Mega Drought 1:01:55

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In the April 2021 episode of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido jump into winter weather and assessments of (drought) conditions. First, they look back at winter so far and see how it stacks up to recent historical totals. Next, they take a closer look at the relationship between summer and winter precipitation, and …

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Mar 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Was the SW Winter ”La-Niña-y”? Best of the Worst Edition 50:16

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In the Mar 2021 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to discuss the winter in the Southwest, and whether it lived up to expectations for a La Niña winter. They also go over streamflow, snowpack, and start a deeper dive into reservoirs, based on a listener question from last month (send in your quest…

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Feb 2021 Southwest Climate Podcast - Recent Storms and Dry Forecasts - Diving into La Niña and 2021 44:46

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In the February 2021 episode of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido jump back into discussing winter conditions in the Southwest. This includes what happened so far in 2021 with a few runs of storms that affected parts of Arizona and New Mexico. This also includes the role that La Niña may be playing this winter (snow…

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Dec 2020 Southwest Climate Podcast - Tracking Drought Conditions, La Niña Forecasts, and What 2021 Might Bring 51:47

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In the Dec 2020 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to discuss drought, La Nina, and what to expect (or at least hope for) in 2021. First, they recap the event that swept through on Dec 9-11, to talk through how different locations in the region fared in terms of precip. Next, they transition into …

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Nov 2020 Southwest Climate Podcast - Unprecedented or Uncommon, A La Niña Winter after a Failed Monsoon 49:24

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In the November episode of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido sit down to discuss weather and climate in the Southwest, including what we might expect over the next few months. They discuss La Niña and what this might mean for the Southwest, including implications of La Niña following a much drier than average monsoo…

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Oct 2020 Southwest Climate Podcast - Monsoon 2020 Recap and Bracing for La Niña This Winter 1:02:03

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In the October 2020 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido open up with something fun - with a quick rundown of the Monsoon Game 2020, congratulating Mike (for his CLIMAS podcast team victory, with 33 points) and Aaryn O with his overall victory (56 points). Next, they look back on the monsoon, and try to make…

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Sept 2020 Southwest Climate Podcast - Working Through the 5 Stages of Grief on this Years (lack of) Monsoon 1:08:46

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In the September 2020 edition of the CLIMAS Southwest Climate Podcast, Mike Crimmins and Zack Guido reflect on this year's monsoon. The monsoon is not over, but at this point it is clear it will come in on the dry side of things. They discuss some of the reasons why, and how this below average monsoon compares across the region and to other years. …