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July 18, 1996 Answer to Question 1 |
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Lab Exercise |
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Question 1. What is the origin of the 850 mb (low level) moisture pool observed at 0000 UTC on July 18?
Can you correlate the 850 mb moisture with anything at the surface?
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Answer. There is abundant moisture located over the plains from the Missouri River to the Great Lakes. This deep moisture is the fuel for the flooding event and also shows that there is moisture from the surface up through 850 mb. |
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