Tuesday, January 23, 2007

All Aboard... Siberian Express Is Beginning To Leave The Station. Next Stop... Arkansas

THE ABOVE IS THE 850 MB MAP OR 5000 FEET VALID NEXT SUNDAY. IT SHOWS A POTENT COLD FRONT SOUTH OF ARKANSAS WITH ANOTHER ENTERING THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IT APPEARS THIS MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF A VERY COLD STRETCH OF WEATHER. AT SOME POINT WE MAY NOT GET OUT OF THE 20'S FOR HIGHS AND HAVE LOWS IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS ( THAT MAY BE TOO WARM). SINCE THIS DOESN'T START UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY, IT'S TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON TEMPS. DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THAT IS WHAT A PATTERN LIKE THIS CAN PRODUCE. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING A MONSTOR RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER WESTERN CANADA POKING UP INTO THE ARCTIC. AGAIN THIS STARTS SUNDAY WITH A SERIES OF FRONTS.

UNFORTUNETLY THIS COLD MAY OVERWHELM THE PATTERN SO MUCH THAT SNOW CHANCES WILL BE LOW.

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