So What happened to the Cold?

Now that our highs are back into the mid to upper 80s (85 today) along with dew points 70+, the old summer feel has returned.  Oh it's not August-September hot, but still not the nice feel from last weekend.  where's the cold air?

As you can see, it is chill north of a retreating warm front with a real snow storm happening over the upper Midwest.

So when will that chill come back south?  Short answer...late next week.

The top graphic is the upper level winds currently with the middle pic being for this Friday morning.  Notice the upper dip shifts more over the Rockies for this weekend not allowing the cold air to head towards us.  the bottom graphic is for NEXT Friday, 10 days away that does have a "slight" dip over the Great Lakes.  That's certainly not a deep East Coast trough that will bring back sweaters and jackets.  So get use to the warmth as it looks to linger.

NHC is still following Epsilon, expected to become a hurricane as it turns east of Bermuda.  The other area over the western Caribbean now has a ZERO chance to develop due to strong upper westerly wind shear. 

There is a broad low level circulation, but all of the T-Storms are blow off to the east.   So while the rains and snow covers the upper Lakes into the NE, the West continues hot and dry.

I heard someone mention the United States has "virus fatigue".  Well California & many of the western states also have "fire fatigue", just like SW Louisiana has "Hurricane Fatigue".   So many people with so much suffering.  Compared to others, SE LA/MS got lucky this summer as the direct hits were on either sides of us.  I hope our good luck continues!  Stay tuned!