Subtropical deserts have scanty, erratic precipitation because:
A) they are too far poleward to get rain from the ITCZ and too far equatorward to get rain from cyclonic storms.
B) storm tracks are especially difficult to predict in this region.
C) they are under persistent low pressure.
D) there is no humidity to accompany the rising air at these latitudes.
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