The 500 mb pressure patterns displayed would bring ________ to Texas and the High Plains.
A. zonal flow, supporting storm formation
B. a ridge of high pressure, suppressing storm formation
C. zonal flow, neither suppressing nor supporting storms
D. a trough of low pressure, supporting storm formation
Answer: B
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