Thursday, November 24, 2011

In Coming Days

In the coming days we will be seeing a variety of things. One of them will be seeing the ridge of high pressure in the West dissipate and instead be replaced with areas of below average temperatures close to the West Coast. This may be indicative of some storm systems washing shore that would not be able to pump temperatures up. Another big factor that will enhance this dissipating ridge is the potential for another ridge of high pressure to form offshore the US and move towards Alaska. This ridge would therefore defeat the Aleutian semi-permament Low and would have potential to flip things around. This ridge would most likely lead to a trough in the West and a possible ridge in the East if that's how the atmosphere wants to play its games. 

4 comments:

Eric said...

Hey thank's for your awesome blog! It's really easy to understand for those who aren't mets, like me lol.
Do you think Chicago will be getting any big snowstorm any time soon? Like early-mid December? Or we'll have to wait till January?

Andrew said...

Well, we just released a post where the 12z GFS is showing a BIG pattern change for the US in the 11-15 day range. Chicago should be getting accumulating snow in time for Christmas.

Eric said...

Yayy let's hope 12z GFS is right :P
Thanks for your answer!

Andrew said...

You are welcome. If you have any other questions we would be happy to answer them.