So, clouds, and wind chills in the 30°s.

No reason to even bother with the rain or snow weather graph today. Here’s temp/wind chill chart for the next 48 hours:

Thursday – Decreasing Clouds – Wake Up 30°, High 45° read more

My awful drawing with a thick white magic marker on this current conditions map is supposed to direct your attention to the giant low pressure system in the northeast:

It’s producing a good bit of precip/snow in the northeast: read more

I don’t know what this is from, but it says Baby’s It’s Cold Outside, so here it is.

Temp/Wind Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

Tonight – Cold Front On The Way –  PM 46°

This will be the warmest evening for a while. read more

Temp/Wind Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

Monday – Mostly Cloudy; Becoming Partly Sunny – Wake Up 38°, High 55°

You may remember this thing called the

The sun has many uses. One is that it helps alleviate seasonal affective disorder, which is the number one reason people move to California (BTW, the number two reason is getting into fights with close friends about who has the keys to your apartment). Another use is that it helps lift temps. read more

Temp/Wind Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

Wednesday – Fog Early, Cloudy & Drizzly – Wake Up 43°, High 53°

Fog is likely in the early morning hours.

After the fog mixes out, expect mostly cloudy skies, and maybe a passing light shower or two. No washout or other ruinous rainfall is expected. NWS only has 0.02″ of rain forecast. read more

Temp/Wind Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

We got pretty cold pretty fast today. At 8 AM it was 62°. The cold front arrived, and as I write this, it’s 42°. Expect wind chills to dip into the upper 30°s tonight as off/on light rain continues. read more

Temp/Wind Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

As you can see in the above meteogram, rain is in the forecast for the next few days, but it’ll be more “off” than “on” rain, and it’ll be light. read more

Temp/Wind Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

Sunday afternoon, the cold front was positioned to our NW:

First, notice the freezing rain area in SE Missouri. Regular readers here are will recall previous discussions of freezing rain potential as the cold front approaches Middle Tennessee. However, freezing rain does not appear to be a concern. It is completely missing from the afternoon forecast discussion, and there is no support in the models for any wintry precip shenanigans Monday night. read more

Temp/Wind Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

Sunday – Warm, Cloudy, Small Chance of Rain – High 66°

5,000 feet overhead, warm southwest winds are blowing at over 50 mph, transporting clouds and moisture. Meanwhile, here on the ground, winds are sustained around 10 MPH, gusting to 20 MPH, thanks to a tight pressure gradient from this long, positively tilted (band name!) trough to our northwest. It’s all seen here, in this not-that-easy-to-read surface analysis from 7 AM! read more

Temp/Chill, Rain, Snow next 48 Hours:

Saturday – Cloudy & Windy – High 58°

Notice the red temperature line in the meteogram above. Usually, the temperature decreases dramatically after dark. That won’t happen tonight. We will hit our afternoon high of 58°, then stay in the mid 50°s overnight. The reasons: warmer air has arrived, bringing clouds with it, and preventing radiational cooling. read more