Several Warm Days Ahead

Climatologically speaking, the area is entering what is usually the coldest week of winter. Typically the area struggles to reach the mid 60s, for our high, and plummets into the lower 40s, for the low. The week were are just now entering will be anything but typical.

For the majority of this week, temperatures will be some 10-15 degrees above average in many areas.  A lack of snow cover across the Continental 48 and the combination of a high pressure system, to our east-northeast, are responsible for the warm conditions. Temperatures could approach 80 degrees both on Monday and Tuesday.

High pressure helps pump southeasterly flow into Florida.

Only about 13% of the U.S. 48 has snow on the ground. This figure should be
between double or triple of where it is right now.

By the end of the week, a change in the warm/dry pattern could be in the making. But the verdict is still out on whether a temporary change or something more consequential. A good place to start looking for definitive answers is in the eastern Pacific. This is where water temperatures have been warming over the last couple of weeks. This warming could indicate that La Nina's control over the weather pattern could be lessening.