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LDetailed Forecast Discussion: ooking across the Nation today, a deep area of low pressure is centered over western New York state. This is the same area of low pressure which brought us strong and gusty winds earlier this week. Cold air behind this system has moved further east into the Great Lakes, Midwest, and the Carolinas. A secondary cold front …

GustDetailed Forecast Discussion: y winds will again be likely on the Plains today. The low pressure system, although over Missouri today (below), shows a large expanse of northerly winds stretched as far west as eastern Colorado, with speeds in excess of 50 mph at 5,000 feet above the surface. Most of these high winds will be located east of the …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: emperatures today will be nearly 30 degrees colder than yesterday following the passage of last night's Pacific cold front from the northwest. Wind gusts overnight were howling with reports of 40 to 60 MPH winds in most areas. The storm system responsible that basically blew past us to the north overnight is developing into quite the weather-maker …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he pattern begins to transition to a more active one beginning later this evening with the arrival of a vigorous Pacific trough and associated powerful jet streak aloft. As of this morning, the trough and jet streak have just come ashore into the Pacific Northwest. Lots of upper-level clouds are spreading into the northern Rockies with copious …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: oday's weather will be pleasant resulting from the presence of a tilted ridge of high pressure stretching from off the coast of southern California through Colorado and into the Great Lakes region. Beneath this ridge axis, dry air is present as seen in the GOES-East mid-level water vapor satellite animation below. Today's weather will be mostly sunny …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: snow system is long gone, with its low pressure center as far south as the Gulf of Mexico later today (below). Weak high pressure is now taking over across western Colorado and will lead to a rather quiet day to end the weekend. The same snow storm will track east-northeast into the Carolinas over the next 24-36 …

LDetailed Forecast Discussion: ight snow starting this afternoon and continuing off and on before tapering off after midnight. We continue to track a mid-level area of low pressure that will largely track well south of us. It's position as of this evening at 700 mb will be over central New Mexico. Not exactly the most favored position for snow on …