Weather and Climate Dynamics
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Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-175-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-175-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
Research article
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31 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 31 Jan 2023

Anomalous subtropical zonal winds drive decreases in southern Australian frontal rain

Acacia S. Pepler and Irina Rudeva

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In recent decades, cold fronts have rained less often in southeast Australia, which contributes to decreasing cool season rainfall. The largest changes in front dynamics are found to the north of the area where rain changes. Wet fronts have strong westerly winds that reach much further north than dry fronts do, and these fronts are becoming less common, linked to weakening subtropical winds and changes in the Southern Hemisphere circulation.
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