Originally Posted By: Steve C
I am not very knowledgeable on the weather, but checking other weather maps, that spot is the center of a low pressure area, so all winds are moving toward it. The wind map is ground wind direction, I would assume. So... perhaps the winds are causing a funnel of some sort and air is then moving upwards from that "black hole" and away from it higher up in the atmosphere.

I am sure someone can come up with a better answer.

Heres the Current Surface map image from Weather.com



Pretty solid assessment Steve. To put it plainly, low pressure systems suck inward counter-clockwise, and high pressure systems blow outward clockwise. Those two low pressure systems working so closely together are exactly why it's all moving inward to the middle of the US right now.

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