Good afternoon bloggers,
Look at the surface map from noon today. Can you plot where the low, cold front, and warm front are located? And, can you tell me where it is snowing at this hour? I will have the answer plus your weather update around 2 PM today. This is your test between now and then.
Here is the answer to today's weather map test. Andrew, one of our favorite bloggers has come a long way in his map drawing. I remember a few he sent to me during the past couple of years. I will give him a solid A on this analysis below. This is Andrew's map and I just drew in some arrows. Great job Andrew!
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for tonight. I will have an update later this evening as the front approaches.
Precipitation is rapidly developing on Live:ESP this afternoon. The low pressure area (surface cyclone) is continuing to move east northeast. As soon as the wind shifts to a westerly component, then you will have a big temperature drop. Manhattan had a wind shift from south to west southwest and their temperature just dropped from 37 to 27 degrees. The front should move through most of our local area by 9 PM tonight. The precipitation that falls will be in various forms, but we are not expecting more than a few hundreths of an inch. There could be some problems later this evening developing on the roads. We think it will be minor, but it is something we will monitor closely on our newscasts at 5, 6, and 10 PM.
Have a great afternoon. We will try to update the blog later if there are any other developments.
Gary