| 200 mb ridge
axis from central TX into southwestern CO provided favorable moisture
flow from GOC and Gulf of Mexico.
Convergence boundary throughout northwest Mexico
possessed cyclonic rotation over Sonora. Bddy aided in development of a
major linear MCS along SMO, which persisted throughout day and into the
night hours (north of S-Pol domain).
IV#5 over Baja.
Scattered severe storms produced heavy rainfall
throughout region, particularly longer-lived cells. |