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Search or browse back issues. With so much warm water flowing toward Asia, the Pacific's mighty heat engine remains firmly anchored in the west, causing heavier monsoon rains in India, higher than average precipitation in Australia, and wetter than normal conditions as far west as southern Africa. The huge air masses and cloud banks associated with the hot zone also change the path of the jet streams, which move high-altitude air from west to east across the ocean. Click to see entire image. Drought is common in the desert Southwest.