Wednesday, November 12, 2008

More than one shot of cold air

Winter will come early...Not only this weekend but if the models of choice are correct it could be early next week as well. Take a look at what happens on Saturday.

850 mb temperatures are -6. That's pretty cold for this time of year. You can also see the gateway of cold air from the Arctic Circle is opened up across the plains. This comes into play later by early next week. It's even colder by Sunday morning with 850 mb temperatures around -12! That's why I think we'll see lows in the teens Sunday morning. I have to qualify that prediction by saying that if we have clouds it won't get quite that cold.
Then there's Tuesday of next week! You want to talk cold air. How about -16 C. Ouch!

1 comment:

Cathy said...

A few of my least favorite words: "gateway of cold air from the Arctic Circle"...!