Weekend Shaping Up To Be Warm, Dry, Summer-Like...

The main storm track is marching across the Pacific and slamming into the West Coast with much needed rain & snow.  It then turns across the Rockies and heads over the central & northern Plains bringing them the threat for severe weather.

The severe threat will be over the Plains tomorrow moving more to the NE on Saturday.

Notice how the threat level decreases from 3 (enhanced) to 2 (slight)  on Saturday.

With the surface high now off the East Coast, south winds are bringing back low level moisture, but the lack of any upper disturbance (trigger) should mean rain chances stay very low.

Note the dew points have soared into the 60s from southern Kansas eastward into Tennessee.  The reason we have no showers goes back to the lack of a trigger.  Fronts are farther north and the upper storms are staying away.

Satellite views capture the low level cumulus field brought about by the SE wind flow bringing in the Gulf muggies.  We need the next 3 weekends to stay dry as it's festival times in NOLA.

Found the bottom graphic floating on Facebook.  Need I say any more?  Your chuckle of the day!  Love the coat & sideburns and paper maps!  Dayton, Ohio (WDTN-TV2 circa 1975) Stay tuned!