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Archive: May 2021

Standing waves upstream of Nova Scotia

GOES-16 visible imagery above (click to animate) shows the development of standing waves upwind of southwestern Nova Scotia. These winds developed in a region of low-level southwesterly (i.e., onshore) flow, as shown in the 1806 UTC image below that includes surface observations.  Higher clouds are moving from a more westerly... Read More