AIR MAIL
Where today’s air came from
The air arriving over Sunderland about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Atlantic off Florida three days ago, and over New England a day ago, about 1,590 miles back along its path. It came down from about 9,100 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from a point about 650 miles to the northeast; at 10,000 feet, from the Mid-Atlantic. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.