DYNAMICS BEHIND A RECORD-BREAKING TROUGH OVER MEXICO AND INTERNAL ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY DURING EL NINO: This study discusses the roles that a strong El Nino, the mid-latitude wave guide, and long-lived Rossby wave packets played in a major winter storm that impacted Mexico in March 2016

ABSTRACT A major winter storm took place over Mexico during 7 to 11 March 2016, impacting 28 states and leaving four million families without power. Extensive agricultural damage and livestock [...]