AIR MAIL
Where today’s air came from
The air arriving over Ellicottville about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Atlantic off the Carolinas three days ago, and over the Great Lakes a day ago, about 1,530 miles back along its path. It came down from about 9,200 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the western Atlantic; at 10,000 feet, from the Atlantic off the Carolinas. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.