January 4, 2010
0530:15z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES West Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)
The image below shows a cold air mass that has descended from the Arctic Circle. It occurred because of the continued and chronic warm air moving from the Equator to the Arctic Circle.
There are vortexes off both coasts, both are carrying hot air with them. As that warmer air moves both north from just south of Florida, and east from just west of California, it will mix with some very cold and dense air over North America, primarily the 48 states of the USA. That is not good news.
The snows will melt, flooding will result and the warm low pressure air mass will meet with the cold high pressure system and cause a great deal of turbulence. There will be moisture with the warm air masses and additional rains. Depending on 'local temperatures' it could result in additional flooding and/or ice.
January 4, 2010
1730:13z
UNISYS Water Vapor West and North Hemisphere Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)
