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Cold Waves

500 mb Heights: - A 10-day sequence of 500mb heights showing a developing ridge (green color)over western North America. The cooling of the northern states is evident in the decrease of 500 mb heights over west-central Canada and the northern United States.

Department of Atmospheric Sciences Severe and Hazardous Weather at Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois