THE WEATHER AND CIRCULATION OF JUNE 1966 A Month With Variable Weather and Several Extremes
The mean 700-mb. circulation at high latitudes for June (figs. 1 and 2) was characterized by an intense polar vortex and two areas of high-latitude blocking, one over northeastern Siberia and the other over Scandinavia. These areas of above-normal height experienced warm and generally dry weather. B...
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| Summary: | The mean 700-mb. circulation at high latitudes for June (figs. 1 and 2) was characterized by an intense polar vortex and two areas of high-latitude blocking, one over northeastern Siberia and the other over Scandinavia. These areas of above-normal height experienced warm and generally dry weather. Below normal heights south of Iceland and the Aleutians surmounting stronger than normal subtropical Highs led to frequent storminess over the oceans. The monthly mean 700-mb. wind speed was greater than normal across the Pacific from the coast of China to Oregon, reaching 14 m.p.s. above normal near the 180 " meridian (fig. 1). The monthly mean thickness gradient across the central Pacific (not shown) was also considerably above normal. Below normal heights over the southeastern United |
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