The Hadley cell, named after George Hadley, is a tropical atmospheric circulation that is defined by the average over longitude, which features rising motion near the equator, poleward flow 10–15 kilometers above the surface, descending motion in the subtropics, and equatorward flow near the surface.
The USA is located in the latitudes of the Mid-latitude Cells. The air in these cells moves from west to east as noted in the picture to the left.
In a more normal troposphere the jet stream would be moving the air mass around the Earth. However, with Spring on the way and realizing only the Coriolis Effect as the sincere force moving air masses now with the Climate Crisis upon us, there is a stalled circulation cell that has settled over the USA. This circulation cell is bringing hot equatorial air to a higher latitude.
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UNISYS Water Vapor North and West Hemisphere Satellite Image (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)
It is really quite hot, isn't it?
Wind Map (click here)
The wind map shows air movement from the northern boundary of the circulation cell to the southern boundary of the circulation cell. It is the mixing of the equatorial heat and arctic air that is at all keeping the temperature unseasonably high.
This is NOAA's 6-10 temperature outlook.
