Beautiful Weather This Week

Not much to add, that powerful trough resulting in beautiful weather for this week. Aug looks to be more of the same with our upper air setup.. This will result in very limited episodes of heat.  I am releasing my preliminary winter 2015 forecast towards the middle of Aug! 

Tuesday Weather Update: Upcoming Heat is Short Lived

As the story of the summer goes any heat spells we get are short lived and followed by unsettled weather. This is due again to our upper air setup which includes a ridge out west and a stubborn trough that wants to hold over the east. Alot of this is due to the temperature profiles of the northeast pacific ocean which is causing the jet-stream to dip over our area. 

Until then we will witness a warm up middle of this week with temps going into the high 80's for most spots...

The heat then breaks towards the end of the week as unsettled weather enters our area Wed night. Not a washout but def some showers and a storm possible..

The weekend looks decent with high pressure mostly in control. This will change as we approach monday however as that trough I mentioned makes a return as seen below by the deep blue colors..

This will bring with it very unsettled weather for the start of the week as low pressure develops along the coast..

I expect this pattern to keep repeating for the rest of the month through the end of summer. Quite simply, the drivers behind the pattern are staying in place. We will not have to keep focus on the upcoming peak of hurricane season as we approach closer to Sept. 

Tuesday Weather Update: More Storms Coming Our Way

More of the same today as a powerful cold front approaches our region sparking more heavy showers and possibly severe thunderstorms. This is all due to a unseasonably cool air mass approaching the eastern third of the country. I talked about last week how its like a winter pattern in the middle of July. Take a look..

Very deep trough over the eastern third of the nation and that will cause temperatures in some places to drop to up to 25 degrees below normal for the central states. We will cool down the middle of this week into the 70's and low temps in the low 50's as a result of this front.

For today storms will start to fire up by this afternoon, I included an image of the simulated radar for 4pm today..

There is enough instability in the atmosphere that some of these storms can be severe with high winds and frequent lightning.

This all is clear by the end of the week and we have a nice weekend ahead..

Temps will warm up again over the next few weeks as they normally do in the summer, however any shots of heat will be short lived. We are locked into a stormy pattern for the foreseeable future and into Aug. All the result of our upper air set up.

Mid-Week Pattern Update: Cooler and Stormy Next Week

Big summer cool down next week for the Nations mid-section towards the east coast. This will bring unsettled weather into our region. Details in the video below along with some Winter thoughts...

Hurricane Arthur Gaining Intensity: Thursday Update

Wed Morning: Tropical Update

Tuesday Update: Not Much to Add Yet

Everything looks on track, right now its a waiting game to see how strong this tropical cyclone gets over the next 48 hours. I will take a closer look at this tonight and tomorrow and have a detailed post in the AM. In any event by Saturday weather should be back to normal for all regions with summer like conditions.

For now here is the hurricane models foretasted max wind gust swath...