Wednesday, March 24, 2010

March 24-27th Rainfall Potential

Low pressure currently developing over the southwest is going to move in an east to northeast direction and by thursday 12 Z this low pressure will be over Northeast Oklahoma. This low pressure will be accompanied by a cold front to its south. While at the same time another area of low pressure will be moving along the southern tier of Canada and this also has a cold front draped to its south that will also be approaching the region with colder air behind that particular cold front.

It will be the combination of this wave of low pressure and its attending cold front that will be responsible once again for bringing more rainfall to the region.

Now..the question becomes as the cold front from the North drops down to the south..does the cold front make its way thru before the precipitation is out of the area? or does the high pressure that is pressing in behind this cold front push the precipitation out of the region before the colder air can arrive?

Current thinking is that the precipitation will be out of the region before the colder air can actually bleed into the region with the exception of further to the north where its possible that those areas may end up with some snow falling.  Any snow though should be light as the precipitation is expected to be much lighter further to the north.

Cold front moves thru and colder air filters into the region courtesy of high pressure moving in from the North. However…this should be short lived as the high pressure moves off the coast setting up a southerly flow ahead of the next system.

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