Friday, January 7, 2011

Winter Storm Potential-Jan. 7

Well for the New Year I told myself I was going to update this more often. I view this blog as a good way for me to work on my forecast discussion skill and interpreting my thoughts.
Upcoming forecast: We have a low pressure system in the Pacific Northwest that will be moving onshore early this weekend. This system will intensify as it moves to the east side of the Rockies. This low will be bringing extremely cold air with it as it moves through the Midwest. Ahead of the system gulf moisture will be streaming in to the area. The combination of the moisture and Arctic air will be bringing a chance of winter weather to the Mid-Missouri area. It is too early to have estimates in mind, but I plan on doing a more extensive blog update when the 00z data rolls in.