Day 268: Developing Closed Low
Last night’s blog post highlighted the cooler weather that was on the way for the southern plains. Tonight’s image is a water vapor satellite imagery of the short-wave trough (yellow circle)that is undergoing a closing-off / potentially cutting-off process.
Also, note the two jet streaks (black circle) over Kansas. The atmospheric response to these jet streaks will aid the deepening of the trough over the next 12-24 hours.
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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