AIR MAIL
Where today’s air came from
The air arriving over Baldwin about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the southern Rockies three days ago, and over the southern Plains a day ago, about 1,440 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It came down from about 13,000 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from a point about 490 miles to the south; at 10,000 feet, from the northern Plains. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.