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FROPAFrontal Passage (meteorological)


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Wind stirring and surface cooling associated with this frontal passage made a significant contribution to vertical mixing of the water column, producing a rapid increase in bottom temperature within the deeper areas of the basin and rapid and significant increase in bottom dissolved oxygen from approximately 3 mg/L to >6.
The combination of cold arctic air mass cntrenched across the region, after a frontal passage on December 23rd, and a strong upper level low moving out of northern Mexico and through south Texas led to the White Christmas.
 
 
 
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