Wildfire smoke, a cold front and a “Pnuemonia Front”
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Southern Wisconsin experienced the convergence of 3 cooling mechanisms during the afternoon hours of 16 May 2023: (1) the arrival of a dense band of smoke aloft — transported southward from wildfires in Alberta and Saskatchewan — which reduced incoming solar radiation, (2) a southward-moving cold front and (3) the inland surge... Read More