4/16 – The Chief’s “Upper-Level Clouds” Tuesday Morning Forecast

High pressure extended from the Gulf of Mexico to Wisconsin, with an upper-level low pressure near the Colorado-Kansas border. Low pressure was noted over Nebraska with a frontal boundary eastward to the Virginia-North Carolina border. Locally, mostly cloudy skies will continue as the upper level moisture spills over the high pressure  to the east.

The upper low will continue to move northeast over the next 36 hours as it gradually gets absorbed by a stronger system over the Canadian Prairie Provinces. The surface low will also move northeast and be centered near Green Bay Wednesday evening. This will keep the main frontal boundary well to the north through Wednesday. I can’t totally rule out a few sprinkles, but the low levels of the atmosphere will continue to stay dry. Forecast soundings do indicate a pretty extensive cirrus deck, though, so any sunshine the next couple days is going to be a bit filtered.

It may take until Saturday for the front to actually reach the area. There will be one shortwave that will be a little stronger, which will move across the northern Gulf Coast Saturday night or Sunday. That will be the best rain chance over the next week, with some potential for thunderstorms. Don`t see any strong indications of severe weather at this time. Drier and slightly cooler weather arrives for early next week.