Temp: 76
Feels Like: 76
Wind: S @ 18 Mph
Relative Humidity: 85%
Cloud cover: Overcast
Precipitation: None
Pressure: 1009.6 mb (Converted from 29.83 in)
Quick update as I am sitting at the airport awaiting my flight into Chicago. Things are starting to ramp up with the storm across the United States. I took a quick look at the current surface map and wanted to share it with you all (Figure 1). You can see a strong line of thunderstorms extending south from Illinois to the Texas. That line of storms will be bringing a chance for flash flooding to New Orleans and many other portions of the south. There is a large trough in the jet stream which is assisting this storm to move along to the north/northeast along with aiding the rotation...at least it seems to me..probably not a real thing (Figure 2).
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| (Figure 1) Current surface map from the NWS. |
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| Image from earth.nullschoo.net showing the 250 mb winds, note the trough over the U.S. The winds in the turns are faster than those going in a straight line as a general rule. |
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