Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Wednesday/Late Evening

WEATHER CODE: GREEN ***No hazardous weather expected***


First who was right on our last weather trivia question? I had a couple of emails, and one comment by Alex. To see the trivia question, refer to the last post. The ANSWER was C...189 inches. Our next trivia question will be at the end of this post. Alex was the closest! Good job Alex!

Now for the weather. There's really not to much to talk about until early next week. A very strong high pressure system is parked near Virginia and is the key factor in keeping our weather dry, warm, and sunny. Highs will continue to top out in the upper 70's and lower 80's the rest of the week.

Shower and thunderstorm chances will be on the increase by Monday, and especially Tuesday as the Gulf of Mexico moisture feeds north into the Ohio Valley. This will be involved with a subtropical system. Here is the latest look at the 12Z GFS at 144 hours. As you can see, moisture is most definitely on the increase by Tuesday.

Could very well see some good soaking rains. Shouldn't be to much of a problem for the rivers, with the rain free week we have had. A cold front will approach the region by Wednesday, and depending on the timing and other variables, we may be looking at a shot for some severe weather. We will have more on that as it get's closer.
WEATHER TRIVIA

What is the result of supercooled water droplets colliding with ice crystals?
A. Hail
B. Sleet
C. Freezing Rain
D. Lightning
Leave a comment or email me at pateo90@hotmail.com to submit your answer! Everyone have a God blessed night!

1 comment:

Alex Coffman said...

Hmm...I don't think that freezing rain and sleet are caused by collisions, so it's down to hail and lightning...and lightning is caused by negative and positive electrons, so it must be HAIL! (A)