You can see the heavy rains across the region with the highest totals in the south and east…
After all this, we need to watch for a sneaky shot of arctic air next week. The GFS is ramping this thing up, especially to our east…
That should get pushed away by a blossoming ridge of high pressure.
Temps bounce back to above normal as we kick off the month of February, but I’m seeing a familiar pattern taking shape. Back in December, I spent a lot of time here highlighting how the ridge bringing the mild temps to the country would get pushed to the north into Canada, allowing troughs to dig underneath it across the USA. We just saw how that worked out like a charm as much of the county just had a prolonged stretch of wicked winter weather.
Well, the same thing may very well happen again as we go into February. Watch how the EURO Weeklies send this upcoming ridge into Canada, allowing for deep troughs to develop under it in the USA…
That animation starts February 4th and ends with a massive trough centered in the east on February 14th. That look has harsh written all over it once again and may very well roll into March.
I will have another update or two later today. Make it a good Monday and take care.