Did somebody say warm air?? Hmm? Below shows the low-level 800 mb temperature over the CONUS today. Notice the huge surge of warm weather spreading north from Mexico, into New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. This is due to a combination of a trough in the Pacific Northwest advecting southwest flow into the desert southwest, and a ridge of high pressure …

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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