Two waves and two storms through SundayAfter a bit of lull from an intense period between mid-December and mid-January, the pattern gets busy through the first of next week. While Wednesday's wave is more localized over the southwest, the wave Wednesday night into Thursday and an inside runner storm for Friday are likely to be more widespread across the region. To cap it off, there is storm potential for Sunday. Needless the say the early mornings and extra coffee will continue for this forecaster. Tuesday sets up WednesdayThis early morning snapshot of the 500mb steering level wind speeds shows how Wednesday is going to play out. An upper-level high to the north shows its arriving like a boss up against its counterpart over the Atlantic. This will cut off the moisture stream from the Gulf of Mexico that is being pinwheeled up by the upper low near the Rockies, and keep the first wave shunted to the south. A look at the forecast surface map idea for 1:00 Tuesday shows the surface high arriving to cut off the moisture surge. The result for the day is some mountain snow showers with clouds around, and above normal temperatures. Noted on here is the upper-level energy arriving over the southwest for Friday's storm. I'll get back to that. Light snow idea remains on track for the southwest |
Mike Haggett
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