Discussing the weather and monsoon season is small talk for most of us.

But ask Erinanne Saffell her thoughts on the topic and you may be flooded with details about everything from the drought to dust storms.

Saffell is the Arizona state climatologist and an associate teaching professor at Arizona State University’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning .

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From her office in the Walton Center for Planetary Health , the Global Futures scientist follows the atmosphere through weather models, real-time online weather observations, radar and satellite. And the five large windows in her office provide a perfect place for we

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