Thursday, March 13, 2008

Finally, Good Weather!!

It's about time...what an awful winter this has been. Today we're looking at temperatures in the 40s, which I consider almost hot given the below-normal temperatures we've seen all winter. The forecast is really good too, with temperatures near normal in the mid to upper-40s for the next 7 days.

This normalcy and stability is a result of the jet stream being oriented in almost a straight line west to east (zonal flow). We'll see a few days of rainy (that's right...liquid precipitation!) weather in the next week as small storms flow along the jet.

There is very warm air bottled up south of the jet in the Southwest and Dixie. In the next few weeks if the jet stream becomes more wavy (meridional flow), we should see a few days in the 60s or perhaps near 70...with a threat of thunderstorms the day after. In other words, springlike weather!

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