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ESS124
Prof.
Jin-Yi Yu
East Coast Storm Track
• A jetstreak in the
subtropical jetstream
usually triggers the storm formation.
•Upper-level divergence of the jetstream begins to develop a low-pressure center on the cold front.
•As the low-pressure center forms and intensify along the cold front, cold air begin to move out over the warm Gulf waters west of the low center.
•Part of the cold front becomes a warm front.