Looking Ahead

Well, I am done posting about this upcoming weekend. I laid out the plans over a week ago, so if you have any questions please refer to the previous posts on what will happen this weekend. (I may throw in an update or two.)

After this weekend things begin to look interesting to some people. Some will bite on the idea that much warmer weather will be heading towards our area and that winter is DONE. Not the case, but, it will get a little warmer next Wed-Fri. However, the ridge in the west continues with off and on amplification through the next 15-20 days. This means that continued ups and downs will continue. Just like this last week where we saw record cold followed by a warmup, we will likely see cold this weekend with a warmup mid next week. The warmup next week will be followed by another cold streak starting around Christmas and lasting till about the New Year.

I want you to take a look that 18z 500mb animation. You can clearly see the ridge in the west trying to amplify and a trough setting up in the central portion of the United States. What's interesting is that Arctic Oscillation is still negative and will continue to be negative.