Weather It Is (The Weather Matters)

Good Morning:

I can see by the number of people reading the blog and visiting the weather site that the weather is of interest and it does matter -- at least when there is weather of real impact.

Speaking of non-interesting weather, the snow will melt over the next few days and then it will all begin to feel like a distant memory.  Temperatures will most likely moderate by at least several degrees, and the skies should be pretty sunny, except for some high clouds during the next few days. 

It looks like there will be relatively little to report the rest of this week and next!  This should make some happy.

Just a couple of notes: i) we've hopefully fixed the problem in our forecasts that occurred when we forecast surface temperatures over snow.  We've changed to a difference atmospheric surface layer model, a more advanced version of an old (apparently more reliable) one.  We'll have to see how this goes.  ii) Something to note: the wet road freezes under clear skies even if air temperatures are a bit above freezing, because the surface radiates heat into the near surface air.  The sun and air temperature can melt the ice, but melting requires heat, which can delay the warming of the roads an hour or two until after the thermometer reads above freezing.

Tonight should be a tad warmer than last night, so perhaps we'll get by without a hard freeze.  Still, icy locations should persist in some areas.

Barry Lynn
See why no one is driving.