Thank you so much for this! Meteorology student and sometimes, I just need an actual visual and not a paragraph to read. Seeing those clouds bubbling really made it click, and I certainly won’t be forgetting it now.
Fun fact, if you look at a satellite image of the United States, you can see where the dry line most commonly occurs by simply looking at where the brown land of the west suddenly begins to fade into green land with lush vegetation. Usually dividing central Texas
I'm from Texas and have been fascinated with severe weather since i was 10. These animations and explanations just made everything CLICK. especially when you mentioned convection and water boiling. THANKS!!!
You really explained that well. Thank you. I remember traveling from New Mexico to Oklahoma and crossing through the dry line. Everything suddenly felt wet. But now that I live in Oklahoma I don’t notice it all.
Informative and concise. Well done! The satellite imagery was fascinating. Very cool to see waves in the wind before convergence and then the supercells bubbling as the two air masses converged. Now I know what to look for and precisely when supercells form.
Thanks for a very concise and educational video. I just became aware of this term over the past couple days while watching Weather Nation-I don't recall any meteorologist using it in the past. I live in a place which, unfortunately, is on the east side of the dryline most of the summer. By watching a map of dew points (like the excellent one on Ventusky), I will be able to spend all summer visualizing places west and north of me where the air is not humid, and wishing I were there instead of here!
I'm also just trying to figure this out but I guess this boils down to the definition of a front. Fronts are transition zones between different air masses. Meanwhile, dry lines are transition zones between relatively similar air masses with different dew points. In other words, it could be that dry lines are not called fronts because the differences between the converging air masses are not of temperature, but rather of dew points/moisture content.
As a pilot I deal with weather first hand, I knew drylines could cause thunderstorms but never understood why, thanks for the great explanation!
Thank you so much for this! Meteorology student and sometimes, I just need an actual visual and not a paragraph to read. Seeing those clouds bubbling really made it click, and I certainly won’t be forgetting it now.
Wow, that was an incredibly clear and useful explanation! Thank you!
Wow, best explanation yet!
Fun fact, if you look at a satellite image of the United States, you can see where the dry line most commonly occurs by simply looking at where the brown land of the west suddenly begins to fade into green land with lush vegetation. Usually dividing central Texas
Very fun lesson. Thank you
I'm from Texas and have been fascinated with severe weather since i was 10. These animations and explanations just made everything CLICK. especially when you mentioned convection and water boiling. THANKS!!!
You really explained that well. Thank you. I remember traveling from New Mexico to Oklahoma and crossing through the dry line. Everything suddenly felt wet. But now that I live in Oklahoma I don’t notice it all.
Informative and concise. Well done! The satellite imagery was fascinating. Very cool to see waves in the wind before convergence and then the supercells bubbling as the two air masses converged. Now I know what to look for and precisely when supercells form.
Thanks for a very concise and educational video. I just became aware of this term over the past couple days while watching Weather Nation-I don't recall any meteorologist using it in the past. I live in a place which, unfortunately, is on the east side of the dryline most of the summer. By watching a map of dew points (like the excellent one on Ventusky), I will be able to spend all summer visualizing places west and north of me where the air is not humid, and wishing I were there instead of here!
I learned so much from this. Thank you!
Thanks for the explanation, very informative 🙏🏼
I got a lot of info out of that, great vid!
Very good and informative!!
Beautiful video, love it!
Why don't they call a dry line a front?
I'm also just trying to figure this out but I guess this boils down to the definition of a front. Fronts are transition zones between different air masses. Meanwhile, dry lines are transition zones between relatively similar air masses with different dew points.
In other words, it could be that dry lines are not called fronts because the differences between the converging air masses are not of temperature, but rather of dew points/moisture content.
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