196 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW OCTOBEU 1951 THE WEATHER AND CIRCULATION OF OCTOBER 1951'
The 700-mb. circulation pattern for the month of October (fig. 1) shows a fairly flat westerly flow dominating the weather of the United States. There were four weak troughs in the country or nearby: 1. off the Atlantic Coast, 2. from southern Nevada south-southwestward, 3. from Colorado northeastwa...
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| Summary: | The 700-mb. circulation pattern for the month of October (fig. 1) shows a fairly flat westerly flow dominating the weather of the United States. There were four weak troughs in the country or nearby: 1. off the Atlantic Coast, 2. from southern Nevada south-southwestward, 3. from Colorado northeastward to Lake Superior, and 4. across the Washington-Oregon border. Height departures from normal were rather weak with a negative center over the Pacific Northwest and a stronger positive center over New England. The most conspicuous feature 1 See Charts I-XV following page 204 for analyzed climatological data for the month. affecting North America was the ridge over the Yukon Territory, tilted northwestward at higher latitudes to a positive animaly center over Alaska. The fast westerlies of the eastern Pacific and the marked diffluence over the |
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