Aikyam-Lab/Synoptic-Bench huggingface dataset:
326 PM CST WED JAN 28 2015 THE UPPER TROUGH THAT PROVIDED A FEW CLOUDY DAYS WITH LIGHT PRECIP FOR MIDDLE TN HAS SLID OFF TO THE EAST. ALLOWING THE BROAD UPPER RIDGE TO INCH ITS WAY ACROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY. AS THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO SLIDE EAST. AND GET A GOOD HEAD START ON WARMER TEMPS TOMORROW.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AND THEN OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
1049 AM MST WED JAN 28 2015 WENT AHEAD AND CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.
SHOULD ONLY SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AS THE SHORT WAVE SWEEPS BY TO THE NORTH AND BRUSHES THE AREA DRIVING A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA TOMORROW EVENING. I HAVE KEPT A MENTION OF A POSSIBLE MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FAR NORTH THURSDAY EVENING.
/ISSUED ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA/ SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REMAIN ON THE SOUTHWEST PART OF A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. SHOULD BE ANOTHER QUIET DAY AVIATION-WISE AS VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE SFC/DRY NWRLY FLOW ALOFT. SHOULD SEE SRLY WINDS PICK UP A BIT AT KBPT/KLCH/KARA TODAY THANKS TO A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT.
WEAK TROUGH MOVING INTO EASTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING. CENTERED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE GREAT SALT LAKE. BRIEF RIDGING IS PROGGED TO MOVE BACK OVER UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
POCKET OF VERY WARM AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY TODAY. SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR THE LONGEST PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND MAY SEE TEMPS APPROACHING 70. NOT AS WARM THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION WITH DIMINISHING WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
A cold front will shift winds around to the northeast after sunrise Thursday morning. Also, a cold front will move south across the area after midnight, to near a San Angelo to Brownwood line by 12Z Thursday.
2 PM READINGS RANGED FROM THE LOWER 30S AT DUBUQUE AND FREEPORT TO THE MID 40S IN OUR FAR SOUTHERN CWA. A COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO ND WHERE READINGS WERE IN THE 20S. LOW PRESSURE WAS SITUATED NEAR SIOUX FALLS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO EASTERN/SE IOWA AND THEN INTO WESTERN IL. A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE INTO THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT SWITCHING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S ALONG HIGHWAY 20 TO THE UPPER 30S SOUTH. WINDY/COLD DAY AS LOW PRESSURE/COLD FRONT PUSH OFF TO OUR EAST AND 1040 MB HIGH BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
THE MORNING SOUNDING SHOWS THE MOISTURE LAYER SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY, BUT TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY (DUE IN PART TO THE WEAK COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH YESTERDAY). THEN THE LOWER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE SAME AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MORNING THURSDAY.
EVEN WITH A COOL NORTHEAST FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE WE ARE WARMING NICELY WITH THE AMPLE SUNSHINE. VFR FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE RIDGE BUT BEGIN TO SHIFT AROUND TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ON THURSDAY AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND SHIFTS EAST AHEAD OF OUR NEXT SYSTEM.
254 PM CST Wed Jan 28 2015 Clouds will increase across the PAH forecast area tonight with the approach of a cold front.
EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PREDOMINATES ON THE EAST SIDE OF AN UPPER-RIDGE ACROSS TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN ITS WAKE. UPPER-TROUGH FROM BAJA PENINSULA OF MEXICO TO THE GREAT LAKES TO ALLOW FOR SOUTHWEST FLOW OF PACIFIC MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION.
/ISSUED 252 AM CST WED JAN 28 2015/ UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL GET PUSHED DOWN A LITTLE AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSES BY TO OUR NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL HELP TO SEND A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
WITH MORNING TEMPS ACROSS THIS AREA IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. A FEW FLURRIES CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LEAVING THE FORECAST AREA MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A NICE WARMUP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 50S THIS AFTERNOON UNDER AMPLE SUNSHINE. OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE MS VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MODELS PUSH THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GA THURSDAY NIGHT AS TEMPS THERE DIP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING UNDER CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW LOWS TO DIP BACK DOWN AROUND FREEZING FOR MOST AREAS TONIGHT.
533 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 SOUTHERLY WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHERLY BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT AFTER SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. /ISSUED 355 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015/ AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS BETWEEN WESTERN CONUS RIDGE AND EASTERN CONUS TROUGH EXISTS TODAY.
140 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS TODAY REACHING THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN STATES. COMPUTER WEATHER MODELS ARE SHOWING THIS RIDGE GRADUALLY WEAKENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH RECORD TEMPERATURE POTENTIAL ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH SATURDAY.
1211 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE METROPLEX TERMINALS AND WILL MOVE ACROSS KACT BY 20Z. /ISSUED 350 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015/ NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AS A POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TAKES HOLD OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO RESIDE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY.
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING EAST OVERHEAD WILL KEEP LIGHT WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL MAINTAIN VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. CLEAR AND QUIET WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS EXPECTED THROUGH THE SHORT TERM IN RESPONSE TO A RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA. THE ONSHORE WINDS WILL LEAD TO SLIGHTLY WARMER HIGHS ON SAT.
HOWEVER KEPT MOST AREAS AT 10F OR HIGHER AS RIDGE AXIS WILL STILL BE WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE MAXIMUM RADIATIONAL COOLING. AND AMPLE SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED W/ HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE AREA.
1247 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 TEMPS CONTINUE TO WARM NICELY BEHIND A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN ZONES. THE RAIN AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT ARE FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST TODAY AND WASHOUT AROUND BROKEN BOW AND AINSWORTH THIS EVENING. HIGHS TODAY SHOULD RISE INTO THE 60S WEST OF THE WARM FRONT. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT RACES THROUGH THE CWA SATURDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CURRENTLY HAVE A SHARP TROUGH EXTENDING FROM WESTERN QUEBEC INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES INTO CENTRAL TX WITH SOME WEAK LEE TROUGHING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA/EASTERN CO. THESE READINGS ARE STILL ABOVE THE NORMAL HIGHS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WHICH ARE IN THE LOWER 60S. IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE ARE IN FOR COME COOLER TEMPS LATE IN THE WEEK. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE FOR SAT WITH DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR SUN. WIND SPEEDS SAT AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10-15 MPH RANGE WITH AFTERNOON RH'S IN THE 30-45% RANGE WITH THE LOWER VALUES OVER CENTRAL KS.
/ISSUED 1001 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015/ SHARP UPPER TROUGH AXIS DOWN THROUGH FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL SWING ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING LAPSE RATES AND SOLAR INSOLATION AM EXPECTING TO SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING.
113 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL PROVIDE YET ONE MORE COOL DAY WITH SUNNY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS.
216 PM MDT FRI MAR 27 2015 SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE AXIS OF THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY RESIDING OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONS MOVES EAST OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY AS A TROUGH CUTS THROUGH THE APEX OF THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE COOLER HIGH PRESSURE AREA AT THE SURFACE CURRENTLY OVER THE PLAINS STATES IS SLIDING FURTHER TO THE EAST AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAD BEEN ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS MORNING MOVES EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RESULT IS TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH SATURDAY WITH WARMEST TEMPERATURES OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE EAST.
A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF NEVADA WILL BRING ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES OF COOLING ON SATURDAY, MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH.
200 PM PDT FRI MAR 27 2015 HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER EAST OF THE AREA TO ALLOW FOR COOLER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND.
255 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2015 WV imagery shows a broad ridge over the western CONUS, leaving West Texas and Southeast New Mexico under NW flow aloft. Upper ridge will begin breaking down and nudging east over the next 24 hours in response to a trough making landfall in the PacNW.
Upper level ridge axis will continue to shift east as trough approaches from offshore. Much like previous waves, energy will weaken as trough moves onshore and moisture will be limited.
Most locations will see very mild temps today, but the nice spring weather will be rather short-lived as our next potent cold front enters from the west later tonight. By Saturday morning, the brunt of the cold front will be felt across the remainder of the Northern Rockies, as mountain snowfall and valley rain becomes widespread.
HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST SATURDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL SEND A COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN UTAH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG MID LEVEL RIDGING CENTERED ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT EAST TONIGHT.
A WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL STEER WEATHER SYSTEMS INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND.
347 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A VERY SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS TO OUR WEST TONIGHT AND WILL NOT MOVE EAST OF THE AREA UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TURNING NOTICEABLY COOLER AND DRIER THIS WEEKEND BEHIND A STRONG. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO CLEAR OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN THE EVENING. WEST WINDS IN THE EVENING WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND ADVECT A COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR MASS INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SATURDAY MORNING LOWS IN THE LOW/MID 50S LOOK REASONABLE. THE SFC FLOW WILL VEER AND THEN COLLAPSE AS THE HIGH SETTLES SWD OVER FL THROUGH SUN NIGHT.
202 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR SATURDAY.
1241 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE FIRMLY IN CONTROL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER SUNNY DAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES IS IN STORE FOR SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN LOWER 80S ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.
1248 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 FOR 18Z TAFS /ISSUED 1037 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015/ COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA YESTERDAY EVENING. MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR HAS PUSHED INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID 40S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY AHEAD OF A RE-ENFORCING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR NASHVILLE SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AS THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. DESPITE THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING TOWARD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH A SMALL AREA OF SNOW SHOWERS ON THE INCREASE AHEAD OF IT INTO EASTERN OHIO AND NW PA. H500 TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH CWA SATURDAY MORNING. QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY H850 THERMAL TROUGH. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW MAY KEEP SQUEEZING OUT A FLURRY OR TWO ALONG THE RIDGES FOR A FEW HOURS LONGER. PERHAPS A TENTH OR TWO NORTH OF I-80 AND/OR ON THE HIGHER HILLTOPS.
A VIGOROUS SURFACE COLD FRONT ENTERING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REACH STANLEY AREA NEAR 28/15Z AND CONTINUE ON TO THE ARCO DESERT BY 28/18Z.
TURNING WEST TO NORTHWEST SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH FROM THE NORTHEAST. /ISSUED 354 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015/ AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES TODAY WILL SLOWLY BUILD EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
616 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND HANGING AROUND THROUGH TOMORROW. HOWEVER KEPT MOST AREAS AT 10F OR HIGHER AS RIDGE AXIS WILL STILL BE WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE MAXIMUM RADIATIONAL COOLING. AND AMPLE SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED W/ HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE AREA.
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WESTERN CONUS RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST IN THE PERIOD SUPPORTING MUCH WARMER WEATHER OVER THE REGION. COMPACT BUT STRONG PAC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SHIFT QUICKLY EAST TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION SAT NIGHT. SFC WARM FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST WITH GUSTY NW WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION SAT EVENING.
343 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ALOFT: A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED WRN USA RIDGE/ERN USA TROF WAS IN PLACE WITH NNW OVER THE PLAINS. MORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN THE LEE-SIDE TROF. CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM TONIGHT: MULTI-LAYERED CIGS LIFT WITH THE LOWEST LAYER AROUND 8K FT.
503 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OFFSHORE EARLY THIS EVENING.
506 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL END AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE WEEKEND. H500 TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH CWA SATURDAY MORNING. QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY H850 THERMAL TROUGH. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW MAY KEEP SQUEEZING OUT A FLURRY OR TWO ALONG THE RIDGES FOR A FEW HOURS LONGER. PERHAPS A TENTH OR TWO NORTH OF I-80 AND/OR ON THE HIGHER HILLTOPS.
345 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES WARM FRONT SLIDING THROUGH WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS PLACES RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WITH TROF CUTTING THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. RIDGE AXIS PUSHES EAST OVER OUR AREA BEFORE A POTENT SHORT WAVE AND STRONG COLD FRONT MAKE THEIR APPROACH. WHILE COOLER CONDITIONS REMAIN EAST.
MUCH COOLER THIS WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND ISOLD TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE AND DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT NOW LOCATED FROM JESUP TO LAKE CITY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER/MID 40S INLAND WITH UPPER 40S/AROUND 50 COAST. THE CHILL WILL PERSIST SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER/MID 60S FOR MOST AREAS.
COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS MOVING INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL DRIVE TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL OVERNIGHT, WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 30S IN THEN NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER TO MID 40S IN THE SOUTHEAST AND ALONG THE COAST.
1030 AM PDT FRI MAR 27 2015 HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IF MOVING EAST.
Have made some changes to the high wind watch. For portions of the high wind watch other than the Rocky Mountain Front delayed the beginning of the watch until 9 am Saturday as there does not appear to be much threat for high winds before then and mostly likely the real threat for high winds will be in the afternoon. A Pacific cold front moves thru the region on Saturday morning. the strongest winds are likely to along and behind the cold front.
634 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
353 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT REACHING THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT.
SATELLITE REVEALS A NICE BREAK IN THE LOWER OVERCAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT VALLEY BUT NEXT SURGE OF MOISTURE BUILDING IN WITH THE OHIO VALLEY SHORT WAVE WILL BRING.
630 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 STRONG UPPER TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT VORT MAX ENERGY IS APPROACHING THE STATE AND CURRENTLY SPREADING ABUNDANT MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS INTO NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GA. SO CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SPRINKLES OF LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE CLOUDS AND WINDS MAY HINDER SOME AREAS FROM REACHING FREEZING TONIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER CALIFORNIA WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT EAST OVER ARIZONA ALLOWING A RETURN OF ONSHORE FLOW AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DENSE FOG ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT. COOLING WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INLAND OVER THE WEEKEND AS A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
A COLD FRONT JUST ENTERING NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL RAPIDLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AS A DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE AREA. HIGHS TODAY WILL ONLY REACH THE LOW 60S ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES WITH MID AND UPPER 60S ALONG THE COAST.
AND WITH CWA ON PERIPHERY OF WRN PERIPHERY OF 925 MB THERMAL TROF OVR LWR GRTLKS AND POTNL STRONG DECOUPLING ENSUING OVERNIGHT HAVE GIVEN FAVOR TO THE COLDER SPECTRUM SIDE OF GUIDANCE. FAVOR THE WARMER GFS.
A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE MS VALLEY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
235 PM PDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE AREA TONIGHT AND PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THIS WEEKEND ALTHOUGH STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL.
242 PM MDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A LARGE AMPLITUDE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL FLATTEN ON SATURDAY AS A PACIFIC TROUGH RACES INLAND AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS TROUGH WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO NORTHEAST UT LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRE-FRONTAL WARMING AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH SHOULD BOOST HIGH TEMPS ANOTHER 5+ DEGREES OVER TODAY.
205 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE THIS EVENING.
A fast moving cold front will arrive tonight bringing widespread showers, gusty winds, and the potential for thunderstorms to southeast Washington and portions of the Idaho Panhandle.
345 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY TOGETHER WITH GFS 500MB HEIGHTS AND WINDS IDENTIFIED A RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. WITH A DEEP TROUGH EXTENDING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES. A SUBTLE SHORT WAVE WAS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW DOWNSTREAM OF THE RIDGE AXIS. BY SATURDAY MORNING SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL LEAD TO DEEPER MIXING AND WARMER TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND COLD FRONT ARE APPROACHING THE COAST AND WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MORNING SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS IS WARMER TODAY AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL CREATE TOWERING CUMULUS AND/OR CB CLOUDS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE NEAR THE CASCADE RANGE AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING THEN OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN AROUND MIDNIGHT AND NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER BY 4AM SATURDAY.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX THIS EVENING. ALLOWING GUSTY WINDS TO SUBSIDE AS SURFACE RIDGING SHIFTS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA. HIGHS IN THIS AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE LOWER 30S AS A RESULT.
208 PM MDT FRI MAR 27 2015 AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THERE MAY BE A FEW CLOUDS EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND FAR NORTHEAST COLORADO. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE LOWS TONIGHT ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SATURDAY.
139 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT THE REGION TODAY LEADING TO A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS AND ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SUNNY WARM LATE MARCH DAY ACROSS SE AZ AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THIS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES THUS FAR FOR 2015 THRU THIS WEEKEND.
300 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 SKIES ARE SUNNY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S ALMOST AREA WIDE.
328 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 AT H5 STRONG RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WITH WAVE MOVING INTO THE TOP OF THE RIDGE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. DEEP TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WITH COLD FRONT AND PRECIPITATION OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DRIFT EAST AND WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN NEB OVERNIGHT.
203 PM MDT FRI MAR 27 2015 ZCZC TOPWRKJSL 052051 TTAA00 KTOP DDHHMM SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE AXIS OF THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY RESIDING OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONS MOVES EAST OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY AS A TROUGH CUTS THROUGH THE APEX OF THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE COOLER HIGH PRESSURE AREA AT THE SURFACE CURRENTLY OVER THE PLAINS STATES IS SLIDING FURTHER TO THE EAST AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAD BEEN ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS MORNING MOVES EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RESULT IS TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH SATURDAY WITH WARMEST TEMPERATURES OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE EAST.
312 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 12Z UA ANALYSIS HAS THE MAIN 850MB COLD FRONT FROM NEW ENGLAND TO THE GULF COAST WITH A SECONDARY FRONT FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. 18Z SFC ANALYSIS HAS HIGH PRESSURE FROM LAKE SUPERIOR INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A WARM FRONT RAN FROM THE WESTERN DAKOTAS INTO WESTERN KANSAS. QUIET AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS THE HIGH SLOWLY MOVES EAST. QUIET AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN ON SATURDAY AS YET ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE MIDWEST.
DECENT TROUGH COMING ACROSS MONTANA TOMORROW. AND IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP HIGHLIGHTS SIMPLE WE HAVE DECIDED TO LET THE HIGH WIND WATCH RUN FOR NOW AS IT ALLOWS PUBLIC AWARENESS WITHOUT TYING OUR HANDS WITH MARGINAL WARNINGS. WE PLAN TO VISIT THE HIGH WIND WATCH AGAIN AS WE SEE THE WHITES OF ITS EYES SO TO SPEAK.
1203 PM CDT Fri Mar 27 2015 A highly amplified trough is currently over the Great Lakes Region down to the Mid Mississippi Valley Region. Temperatures will be in the lower to middle 30s tonight.
259 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 THE 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS AND 88-D RETURNS INDICATED THAT THE COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION WERE RANGING FROM THE MID 50S AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. EXPECT CLOUDS/SPRINKLES AND ISOLATED SHOWERS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. WHICH SHOULD COMBINE WITH CLEARING SKIES TO ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL BELOW FREEZING.
349 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 GORGEOUS WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THIS WEEKEND AS COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA. RANGING FROM THE LOWER 40S NORTH TO THE LOWER 50S NEAR THE LOUISIANA COAST. THUS AM CARRYING TEMPS A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE WITH FORECAST AFTERNOON TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 70S.
447 PM MDT FRI MAR 27 2015 A LARGE AMPLITUDE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL FLATTEN ON SATURDAY AS A PACIFIC TROUGH RACES INLAND AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS TROUGH WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO NORTHEAST UT LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRE-FRONTAL WARMING AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH SHOULD BOOST HIGH TEMPS ANOTHER 5+ DEGREES OVER TODAY.
355 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN WITH NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS BETWEEN WESTERN CONUS RIDGE AND EASTERN CONUS TROUGH EXISTS TODAY.