Cache Valley saw its first week of inversion for the season by Dec. 9, but according to Randy Martin, the likelihood of more prolonged, multi-day occurrences is just about to ramp up.
“We can see an inversion any day of the year, and we usually see them first thing in the morning,” said the civil and environmental engineering professor at Utah State University who researches PM2.5 pollution. “One of things that enhances persistence of these inversions is when we have snow on the ground.”
When heat from the ground is able to bounce back up into the atmosphere, it can break up any pollutants, like PM2.5, that have accumulated in the area and are trapped by a warm front. Read the rest of the story on HJnews.com.
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