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Day: October 16, 2018
Santa Ana Winds and Dust Identification
by Jorel Torres on October 16th, 2018
It is that time of year again, to observe Santa Ana Wind events for Southern California. On 15 October 2018, an upper-level trough advected into the southwestern United States (i.e. see GOES-16, Upper Level Water Vapor imagery below), produced cold air advection aloft, and brought strong subsidence (i.e. sinking motion) to the surface. The strong Continue Reading