Colorado is largely sandwiched between high pressure to our east in eastern Kansas and a deep double-lobed trough stretching from Washington to California. This pattern is sending a strong southerly flow across the state. This will continue to lead to very hot temperatures, today reaching the middle to upper 90s on the Plains. The southerly flow will advect subtropical moisture …

Andy

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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