Clouds Over Mexico

  • If you look through the clouds, you might be able to recognize the border between two countries
  • Zoom out, look around. What is this? Where is it?
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Clouds Over Mexico

Underneath the clouds you can see the Baja Peninsula, right along the area between Mexico and California.

The Sonora Desert is underneath the circular, puffy clouds, while Californa and nearby Nevada and Arizona remain relatively clear.

Questions: 

What type of weather might Mexico be experiencing based on the clouds?

What weather phenomenon are the clouds in the top left illustrating?

Links: 
Orographic Lifting
Jet Stream