01.15.11

National Weather Summary

Posted in Weather News at 8:00 am by Rebekah

 

  • Ridge over the western U.S.
  • Positively tilted shortwave trough over Texas
  • Shortwave trough over Ontario
  • Ridge in the west, trough in the east pattern going to continue for a little while
  • Rain continues to soak the Pacific Northwest
  • Strong high remaining over the Great Basin
  • Strong, arctic high over northwest Canada…going to bring cold, dry air into the Northern Plains and Midwest by mid-week
  • Snow and ice falling in parts of the western Great Lakes area, in association with some lift around a weak low
  • Surface high over the Southeast

 

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