4/26 – The Chief’s “High-Pressure Holding Firm” Friday Morning Forecast

Another wonderful day ahead with sun and clouds mixed, with increasing cloud coverage tonight. A tightening gradient will continue to bring breezy conditions to the area but staying below “Wind Advisory” criteria.

Going into the upcoming weekend, active southwesterly flow will be over top the region. Upstream, a front will have stalled over the central planes as the orientation of the front will be parallel to the mid/upper flow. Breezy southerly winds will help moisture advect into the region. Although no real lift/support across the region outside of some very modest WAA/coastal convergence a few light showers may develop in the deep rich low level warm/moist advection.

Into the new workweek, it would appear models want to bring the front a bit closer. That will help with increasing rain changes. The upper flow quickly begins to transition the wake of a series of upper level impulses to a progressive flow. So, as the front tries to work its way through the region, the upper levels will but the breaks on and perhaps even change the orientation to a more west to east direction.