Did you hear about the monsoon in Las Vegas?

Apparently there is a little more that goes into describing it as a monsoon. I agreed with you but I began to research it since there are a ton of articles calling it a monsoon. This is what I found. “According to National Oceanic and Atmopsheric Administration, a monsoon is not a single storm but a seasonal wind shift over a region, in this case, the Southwest bringing in moisture mostly from the eastern Pacific and Gulf of California. Some summers of monsoons bring heavy rain and thunderstorms but others little to no precipitation.”

“NOAA has climate data regarding Las Vegas dating back to 1937. One set specifically looks at the greatest and least number of thunderstorm days during a monsoon, which lasts from June 15 to Sept. 30.” My guess is because the storm comes from the South East.

Lake Mead only raised like a foot and is dropping again. Not good

There’s going to be a bunch of people realizing too late how climate change works.
Something we were all warned about for awhile: increase in erratic weather.

Here is a definition:
a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).

“Monsoon” has become generalized to refer to similar weather patterns found outside of Asia. This pattern that affects Las Vegas and the Southwest is often called the North American monsoon or the Southwest monsoon. This year it was pretty strong, compared to recent years that saw little rain. Not enough to take most of the Southwest out of drought conditions though.

Well they keep calling a lawful search a RAID so there is that. I vote for the uneducated sensationalism!

A typhoon is the Pacific’s version of the Atlantic’s hurricanes.

I stopped paying attention to the words used to describe any occurrence a long time ago. The words they choose correlates with which word sounds more menacing!!! It was a monsoon in Las Vegas & a flood in St Louis & Dallas. Yet, all 3 places had roads & homes under water!!!

I heard and saw about the flooding in the Yellowstone area, but not about Vegas.

It appears freaky weather is the deal from here on out.

And a reporter interviewing Governor Abbott, after the flood in Dallas, couldn’t get Abbott to say “climate change” must not be GOP words.

Nope. Reason and common sense no longer grace the former party of Lincoln.

@Tropical_Willie NO rw will use those 2 words in the same sentence & they wonder WHY I’ve started leaning left!!!

@LadyMarissa You go . . !

I am seeing less and less of those two words from the left also to be honest.