Today will certainly be the hottest day of this week...but also likely the hottest day we've seen thus far in 2022. The weather pattern across the United States is highly meridional right now, meaning there is bountiful north and south directionality in the flow. This can be seen in this morning's GOES-East water vapor animation below. Meridional flow patterns tend …

Ben Castellani

Ben Castellani

Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at NV5 Geospatial Software in Boulder.

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