Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Pattern Change

Okay, so yesterday I alluded to a big 'pattern change' taking place next week. It seems like we have little acronyms that we love to use, especially in disseminating weather information to the public. I hate to say it but this is one of my favorite phrases. Temperatures will turn 180 degrees by next week with highs in the 40s. Here's what it looks like. You are going to have to use your fortune telling skills here a little with me. The temperature here is about +2 C but if you look at where the pattern is coming from (the southwest) you can see by the southwest flow that the temperatures will warm to about +4 by the end of the day Monday. That will take temperatures up into the 40s. But you can also see something on Tuesday. A 'chunk' of the 'polar vortex' breaks off over Minnesota and so it looks like the warm up will be short lived.

2 comments:

Bob G. said...

Greg:
Don't have much fortune telling skill, especially at my age, but will one of those "Magic 8-balls" work just as well?
(kidding)

;)

B.G.

Greg Shoup said...

Some still think that's how we do the weather. There may be some truth to that looking at some forecasts out there :)