An “abnormal” weather pattern blowing around Southern California is sprinkling the coast with rain and lightning, and it’s looking a lot like a monsoon, according to weather experts.

As the air rises from the land, it pulls in moist air from the water — for the North American monsoon, this is the Gulf of California — to replace it. When this moist air reaches mountainous ...

But what is the North American monsoon, and why can it sometimes spill into Southern California? First, here's a quick rundown on monsoons: The most well-known monsoons happen halfway across the ...

After a brief absence, hot weather and monsoon thunderstorms are set to return to California as August arrives. An area of high pressure will expand across the western U.S. on Wednesday and ...

KCRA 3 Weather meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn looks at the effect the monsoon is having on our weather bringing clouds, showers and mountain t-storms. KCRA 3 Weather meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn looks ...

That repetitive onshore wind is the indicator that a monsoon pattern has set up. While Northern California is not in the heart of a monsoon setup, it is close enough to the North American monsoon ...