Tuesday, December 18, 2018

quiet and pleasant... (pm.18.dec.18)>

After a moderately significant storm system which was going on this time last week, we're now in the middle of a very inactive overall weather pattern.  The atmosphere is very dry, and the upper-level flow which drives and steers disturbances is flat and featureless... and this general pattern is not expected to change as we move toward the final days of the month and the year.  Occasionally, the extended range models have been showing a tendency toward some kind of instability during the few days between Christmas and the end of the year, but the data as of this evening is not really impressive at all.

Temperatures are currently quite mild for this stage of December, but a gentle push of cooler continental central Asian air is expected over the weekend, which should put as back into the normal range for the season.

THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK is back up, and you can find that on a tab up at the top of the page.