Come Rain or Shine
Come Rain or Shine
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and New Mexico State University
Monsoon and Low-Lying Clouds
35 minutes Posted Jun 4, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
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What are "May Gray" and "June Gloom"? How does the southwestern U.S. monsoon season impact low-level clouds on the California coastline? In this episode, we talked with Dr. Rachel Clemesha, a Project Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California - San Diego, to help answer those questions. Dr. Clemesha's research focuses on the climate of coastal California and western North America. She examines climate extremes, marine layer clouds and fog, relationships b...