Aclassic setup for heavy rainfall is in place this afternoon and tonight. The image below shows the 250 mb flow today. This is a textbook pattern you would see in a meteorology textbook of heavy rainfall potential, especially for the intermountain West. At 250 mb, there is a jet streak positioned west-east from Idaho into the Dakotas. To the south, …

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Andy

Born and raised in St. Louis, Andrew obtained a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Colorado in 2015. From 2015 to 2020, he worked remotely in Boulder as an atmospheric scientist with NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami. Andy is now a full-time meteorologist.

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