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Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Dry Line
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•In the south-central US (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas region) and northern Mexico, a dry lines can develop between the dry air flowing eastward from the high desert plateau regions of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Mexico encounters the moist air flowing northward from the Gulf of Mexico.
•The moist air will rise over the dry air.
•If the moist air is conditionally unstable, thunderstorm will develop along the dry line.