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 to share on his upcoming paper “Changing Climate, Changing Fire: Understanding Ecosystem-Specific Fire-Climate Dynamics in Arizona and New Mexico”.

Stick around for the monsoon discussion at the end so you can be informed - or at least entertained - in time for the Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts Game starting next month! 

Mentions:

Paper: “Glacial reduction of the North American Monsoon via surface cooling and atmospheric ventilation”

National Interagency Coordination Center - National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook

NOAA - Climate Prediction Center: 3 Month Seasonal Outlook

North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) - Precipitation Forecast

AZ State Climate Office Monthly Webinar Series - NWS Tucson Presentation: 2025 Monsoon Outlook

International Multi-Model Ensemble (IMME) - Precipitation Forecast