Tuesday, April 19, 2011

so much for that huge winter weather?

right now the temperature is hanging right around 40 degrees with some gusting wind at about 20 mph.  The sky is overcast.  As of now we are no longer in a weather warning but a weather alert.  Looking at the surface map it seems taht the weather system is hitting regions to our south and we are catching the top parts which is mainly going to be light snow/rain mix.  As happy as I am that we are not getting 6-10 inches, I am kind of sad that I won't be needing my 4 wheel drive one last time. 
US: Water Vapor Satellite
This map shows the water vapor around the area, with the green being the highest amount of water vapor in the clouds which means varying amounts of precipitation.

Monday, April 18, 2011

colorado low!

Today is quite a bit nicer than it has been for the past few days... however the warmer weather will be short lived.  OF COURSE there will be a huge dumping of snow in our area this week!  I mean its only the middle of April... not a big deal.  The wind is from the Northeast which means there is a storm system on the way. 

US: Current Weather
as can be seen on the map above there is a stationary front going through the middle of the states with a low pressure system into tonight and tomorrow morning we can expect that this low pressure system will be pushing the front to our area.  Hope everyone didn't put their boots and shovels away yet!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

winds from the East... Shits about to go down! Ha! All kidding aside strong winds from the East North East means that a weather system is approaching, along with our falling temperatures and full stratus cloud cover we can expect some weather within 15-20 hours.  US: Current Weather
This current surface weather map shows the jet stream dipping down into a trough bringing along some of that colder arctic air that we are feeling there is also a low pressure system to our south brewing up a weather system.  we can expect precipitation as early as this evening and during the day tomorrow.. maybe it was a little to early to put away the warm clothes!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Spring!

todays weather was one of the better days of the week!  The wind has shifted from the NW to the SE which means that there will be some stormy weather and or precipitation in our future.  The highs today were right around 56 degrees and will continue to stay around that range. 

US: Current Weather

as can be seen by the surface map there is a low pressure from moving the bad weather to the northeast.