File:North American Water Vapor Systems.gif

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English: This is an animated loop of water vapor systems over the western area of North America on September 12th, 2013 as shown by the GOES- 15 and GOES-13 satellites. The storm that caused the 2013 Colorado flooding was kept in a confined area over the Eastern Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado by these water vapor systems.
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Source http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/13876
Author Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA

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