If you get excited when monsoon clouds roll in, or you just love a good guessing game, the University of Arizona has a creative twist on weather watching that might be right up your alley.
It’s called Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts, and it turns Arizona’s summer storm season into a friendly competition. Inspired by the strategy and stats of fantasy football, the game invites participants to predict how much rainfall areas like Tucson and Phoenix will get each month during monsoon.
“There’s a lot of enthusiasm for the monsoon. It’s part of our local identity,” said Zack Guido, one of the game’s co-creators. He is an Associate Research Faculty with the U of A…