Several of you had asked about when will the cold linger and get us off the roller coaster temperature ride? I pointed out the lack of snow cover was allowing air to moderate quickly after a cold frontal passage. Not so anymore as the extensive snow cover nearby to our north is resulting in the cold air to linger.
I find it really neat how the rivers and streams & lakes stand out. But because of the snow cover, temperatures struggle to warm despite bright sunshine.
Where there is snow on the ground, temps are in the 30s & 40s. Where there is no snow, temps warm into the 50s & 60s. The current upper pattern has the eastern upper trough backing off to the NE and that will allow for a brief warm up for us.
But the bottom graphic is the upper air forecast for Saturday with a big dip digging into the Southeast. Since the axis is to our east, we'll stay dry. However, since it's so far to the south, another Arctic Blast is coming for this weekend, perhaps even colder than the last one.
I am encouraged by the new Arctic is not as extreme up in Canada. A week ago, we had them 40-50 below zero. Now it's only 20-30 below. IF the upper trough position becomes reality, we'll be dealing with several mornings of hard freezes for BOTH side of Lake P. I will do a podcast today expanding on things to watch regarding this next round of freezing weather. To see the podcast, you must be a subscriber at bobbreck.com. the cost is $2/month. John Snell will be my podcast guess next week so go sign up to see and hear us.
Those are pretty scary morning lows coming for Sunday & Monday. I'll get into my thoughts on my podcast coming out after 5 PM today. Stay tuned!
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