Closed low moves out

A much better looking weather picture for the next several days. We have been dealing with a couple of anomalies which keep clouds and showers around for quite a while. First let's talk about a closed low or cut off low. Here is the definition from the National Weather Service:

Cutoff Low

A closed low which has become completely displaced (cut off) from basic westerly current, and moves independently of that current. Cutoff lows may remain nearly stationary for days, or on occasion may move westward opposite to the prevailing flow aloft (i.e., retrogression).

"Cutoff low" and "closed low" often are used interchangeably to describe low pressure centers aloft. However, not all closed lows are completely removed from the influence of the basic westerlies. Therefore, the recommended usage of the terms is to reserve the use of "cutoff low" only to those closed lows which clearly are detached completely from the westerlies.

so basically we talking about low pressure that doesn't have jet stream winds to push it along and unlike most weather systems which move through within a day and the weather improves quickly the next day. This part of the country is plagued with these kinds of low pressure areas and they get stuck in the doldrums of very little movement in upper air winds of the jet stream.