THE WEATHER AND CIRCULATION OF APRIL 1966 A Month with Contrasting Temperature Regimes

Significant changes occurred from March to April in the mean circulation and its accompanying weather patterns in the United States. During both months the zonal index was below normal, with the continuing fall in April in accord with normal seasonal changes. April's mid-tropospheric circulatio...

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Main Author: James F. Andrews
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.395.2099
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Summary:Significant changes occurred from March to April in the mean circulation and its accompanying weather patterns in the United States. During both months the zonal index was below normal, with the continuing fall in April in accord with normal seasonal changes. April's mid-tropospheric circulation in the Pacific included a deep Aleutian Low and mid-Pacific trough, and a strong ridge extending from the eastern Gulf of Alaska southtvaad