17 April 2012
Drought Relief Coming For The Eastern U.S.??
Posted by Dan Satterfield
Rainfall over the SW and much of America East of the Mis. River has been way below normal over the last 3 months. Image NOAA.
The Eastern U.S. is below:
This is rain as a percentage of normal for the year to date.
Now the good news:
A deep upper level low will develop over the weekend, and while the exact evolution of this system is still uncertain, it will likely bring some significant rainfall to the Eastern U.S. This is the NOAA GFS NWP model. The Euro models are also indicating much the same. (Showing total precip. over the next 7 days)
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.