The upper-level pattern is westerly today as the ridge of high pressure has flattened out to our south. The center of the ridge can be seen below in the 500 mb map over West Texas. Below shows the 700 mb temperatures for today. This map shows where the warmest airmass is situated. As you can see, the center of the warm …

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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