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Good Wednesday bloggers! 2009 is just around the corner. Weather conditions look very quiet tonight, although it will be windy and cold with wind chills in the teens. Temperatures will hold nearly steady in the low 20s. Overnight readings may actually rise just a bit.
Please see my New Year's Eve request below the pictures!
I was in Wisconsin and Minnesota over the past 8 days. When I first arrived in the Milwaukee area the snow depth was pretty incredible. For the snow lovers on this blog the picture below is for you. That is a yard stick in the lawn which measured a snow depth of 18"!
On Christmas Day we traveled to Minnesota, and on the 26th I was able to do a little snowmobiling. It was a mild day with highs in the low 40s. This was the same day that it was in the 60s in Kansas City. There was not as much snow in Minnesota compared to Wisconsin, but enough to snowmobile. I took my daughters Avery and Ella for their first ever snowmobile rides. Avery who is in the picture with me didn't like the ride nearly as much as Ella who is a year younger.
Here is my New Year's Eve request...and I need your help! Since I will be at work tonight and can't really celebrate New Year's Eve like year's past...I want you to bring me to your party. Here is what I mean...during our 10 p.m. newscast...flip on NBC Action News during my weathercast and have your party goers, kids, or pets jump next to the TV and take a picture. This way I will be part of someone's New Year's Eve party! Then email the picture to jnelson@nbcactionnews.com and I will post a few of the pictures in the blog Thursday, and show the best one on NBC Action News New Year's Day at 5 p.m. and on Weather Plus!
Now a bit more on the weather. The next couple of days look quiet with highs in the 40s. Friday is probably a bit warmer than Thursday. Late Thursday a Pacific cold front will drop in, but the air behind the front really isn't much cooler. And on the heels of the front will be a mild push of air associated with the next storm. The storm that arrives this weekend looks a lot like one or two other storms earlier in the season. The jet stream won't be phased this weekend, and I think the northern branch of the jet will be the big winner when it comes to snow. For us, right now Saturday looks to be in the 40s, maybe 50s if the push of mild air really comes in full force. Mainly cloudy with a chance of rain showers on Saturday. As the colder air moves in the rain may end as some snowflakes early Sunday. One thing is certain, Sunday afternoon looks much colder than Saturday. So get ready for a pretty good swing in temps once again.
Here is the surface map from the 18Z GFS for Sunday. Notice the surface low over southern Canda, and another over the south-central Plains.
After this system moves by there will be another storm that nears the area late Monday into Tuesday. The early week storm is very similar to another earlier this year. Then again who would be surprised...not us.
Have a happy and safe New Year and thank you for making this the #1 weather blog anywhere!
Jeremy