North American monsoon (IMAGE)

Università di Bologna

North American monsoon

Caption

Deflection of the eastward jet stream (orange contours) from the midlatitudes toward the equator, where it produces precipitation (blue shading, units of mm/day) as it then ascends over the Sierra Madre mountain range (outlined by magenta contour).

Credit

Boos, W. R., and S. Pascale

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