Good Evening Everyone,<\/p>\n
I made some big changes to this blog.\u00a0 I would like to treat this blog as one that will be a tool for meteorologists and weather hobbyists\u00a0to aid them in weather forecasting.\u00a0 What you’ll notice is\u00a0that I put together several flash videos, where you can view a slide show of the analyses.\u00a0 There are several major sections, Upper Air, Surface and Upper Air, Temperatures, and Precipitation.\u00a0 So, each section will contain a flash video.\u00a0 The\u00a0video player\u00a0offers\u00a0a variety of ways to view the video, such as enlarging the video to full screen.\u00a0\u00a0Its probably best to view the video full screen.\u00a0 Any questions on how to work\u00a0the player,\u00a0please feel free to ask me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Upper Air Trends<\/span><\/strong> So, let’s check out the last several months on how the pattern has been evolving.\u00a0 The following is a listing summary\u00a0of\u00a0time periods that I took a look at.\u00a0 [hdplay id=13 ]<\/p>\n <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n This section will provide analyses of Sea Level Pressure Anomaly\u00a0and Storm Prediction Center Storm Reports with Jet Stream Overlay maps that will be used in the flash video below.\u00a0\u00a0The following is a listing summary of time periods that I took a look at.\u00a0\u00a0 [hdplay id=14 ]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n Temperatures Trends<\/span><\/strong> [hdplay id=15 ]\u00a0<\/p>\n [hdplay id=16 ]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nBackground Information: The 500mb anomaly map is an analysis that’s taking a look from 18,000 feet above the ground. These anomaly maps help identify tendencies how ridges (high pressure) and troughs (low pressure formed. Think of ridges as regions of stable weather (i.e., dry, cold or hot regions) and troughs as regions of active weather (i.e., wet and stormy). The shades of yellow to dark reds indicate ridging while shades of blue indicate troughs. Once you see the ridges and troughs, you can begin to outline the placement of the jet stream.<\/p>\n
\n– Past Month (Thu, Mar 1 through Sat, Mar 31)
\n– This Month (Sun, Apr 1 through Thu, Apr 5)
\n– 2012 Spring Season (Tue, Mar 20 through Thu, Apr 5)<\/p>\n
\nSurface, Upper Air, and Storm Report Trends<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn this section, we’ll take a look at surface low and high pressure anomalies. Basically, the idea here is to see where high and low pressures developed and their persistence.\u00a0 For the Storm Prediction Center Report maps, I overlayed the jet stream.\u00a0 Its a rough cut idea to see the position of the jet stream relative to where the severe weather occurred.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0Past Month (Thu,\u00a0Mar 1 through Sat,\u00a0Mar 31)
\n–\u00a0This Month (Sun,\u00a0Apr 1 through Thu,\u00a0Apr 5)<\/p>\n
\nThis section will\u00a0provide temperature anomaly trend maps.\u00a0 The following analyses for this section, plots of record warmth and cold, 30 and 90 day mean anomaly maps.\u00a0 The following is a listing summary of time periods that I took a look at.
\n–\u00a0Past Week (Sat,\u00a0Mar 31 through Sat, Apr 7)
\n–\u00a0Past 30 Days (Tue, Mar 6 through\u00a0Thu, Apr 5)
\n– Past 90 Days (Fri, Jan 6 through Thu, Apr 5)<\/p>\n
\nPrecipitation Trends<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn this section,\u00a0will provide past week rainfall and snowfall records, river and lake flood stages, mean anomaly plots (30 Day, 90 Day, and Year),\u00a0and\u00a0total precipitation needed to end drought.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The following is a listing summary of time periods that I took a look at.
\n– Past Week (Sat, Mar 31 through Sat, Apr 7)
\n– Past 30 Days (Tue, Mar 6 through Fri, Apr 6)
\n– Past 90 Days (Fri, Jan 6 through Thu, Apr 6)
\n– Year to Date(Sun, Jan\u00a01 through Thu,\u00a0 Apr 6)<\/p>\n