Droughts and Persistent Wet Spells over the United States and Mexico

Journal of Climate | March 1, 2008| | Copyright

ABSTRACT

Droughts and persistent wet spells over the United States and northwest Mexico have preferred regions of occurrence and persistence. Wet or dry conditions that persist more than 1 yr tend to occur over the interior United States west of 90°-95°W and northwest Mexico. In contrast, events over the eastern United States are less likely to occur and often last less than 6 months.

The long persistent drought and wet spells are often modulated by low-frequency sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs). The persistent dry or wet conditions over northwest Mexico and the Southwest are ...

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