North America 45n 120w

Creative Rationale

Over the Columbia River Gorge in the Pacific Northwest, where the river cuts through the Cascade Range between Washington and Oregon, an intense low pressure system dominates with extremely high humidity and light westerly winds. The severe pressure gradient of 115.15 Pa/cell creates deep atmospheric turbulence, while the significant temperature anomaly of 11.1 K above normal suggests warm air being drawn into this low pressure zone. I interpret this through Richter-inspired layered paint drags moving diagonally from southwest to northeast following the wind direction, with multiple revealed layers representing the steep pressure gradient and warm underlying colors emerging through cool surface tones to show the temperature anomaly.