

Maryland had its fourth-driest January–June on record. Conversely, precipitation was below average across parts of the Northwest, northern and central Plains, Southwest, central Mississippi Valley, Mid-Atlantic and along parts of the Gulf during the January–June period. Precipitation was above average from California to the western Great Plains and in parts of the southern Mississippi Valley, northern Great Lakes, Southeast and Northeast. was 15.70 inches, 0.39 inch above average, ranking in the middle third of the 129-year record. The January–June precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. Conditions were wetter than average across most of the state while parts of the Northeast, Southwest and Panhandle were near normal and parts of the Southeast Interior and Aleutians observed below-normal precipitation during the month. Conversely, West Virginia and Virginia had their ninth- and 10th-coldest June on record, respectively.Īcross the state of Alaska, the average monthly precipitation was 2.85 inches, making last month the 19th-wettest June in the 99-year record. North Dakota ranked third warmest on record for June while two additional states ranked among their top-10 warmest on record. Temperatures were above average from the Northwest to the northern Plains, as well as in the southern Plains and Florida Peninsula. Generally, June temperatures were below average from California to the central Plains and across much of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. in June was 69.0☏, 0.5☏ above average, ranking in the middle third of the 129-year record. The average temperature of the contiguous U.S. ranked in the middle third of the historical record.

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You are free to use the materials in any manner you wish. Interspersed in JetStream are "Learning Lessons" which can be used to enhance the educational experience. The information contained in JetStream is arranged by subject, beginning with global and large-scale weather patterns followed by lessons on air masses, wind patterns, cloud formations, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, damaging winds, tornados, tropical storms, cyclones, and flooding. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Land Rapid Response Team, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). High resolution version of this NASA image: select link to enlarge image (~2 mb).

As the winds are diverted around the high areas, turbulence is created, and the disturbance in the flow continues downstream in the form of rows of vortices that alternate their direction of rotation. In this case, driving wind rushes past the tall peaks on the rugged Canary Islands.
