Day 364: 2010 Ending With a Bang
A couple of strong cyclones are moving across the United States this evenings. The first cyclone (circled in orange below) is has drawn warm, moist air northward in preparation for a second cyclone (circled in yellow below). On the cold side of these cyclones significant snowfall is expected, and severe weather is possible tomorrow on the warm side.
As the second cyclone begins to move into the plains, showers and thunderstorms have developed across portions of Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. As this precipitation moves northward into the colder air, sleet and snow is falling across northwest Kansas and points north and west. Farther east, thunderstorms, some severe, are developing in the warm conveyor belt across western Arkansas. These thunderstorms should continue to develop and expand in coverage during the night.
This makes my second to last post for the 365 project. I guess I should start figuring out what I’m going to do next year! Any suggestions?
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Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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