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No record today

Today's high was 74 degrees and it is not our shining moment of forecasting. Aloft it was almost as warm at the surface. At 850 mb today, around 5,000 feet up, it was close to 70 degrees but that didn't translate to the warming at the surface. There was no superadiabatic heating of the lowest level at the ground. This didn't allow the temperatures to rise to 80 or higher despite the sunshine today. There are other reasons for this as well, but I won't go into them right now.

The weather pattern continues to evolve for the winter and we are going to be ready for our winter forecast one week from tonight on the 10 PM newscast. I still don't like what I see. It could be a very long and boring winter of weather. But, let's hold out some hope. The jet stream will continue strengthening through January. And, even though I believe that pattern is setting up now for the next few months it will act differently as more energy is introduced into the pattern. And, again after February as the jet stream begins weakening. So, the same pattern can produce a wide range of specific results. There is hope.

Have a great day. More on Friday. Oh, next Thursday is also Windy's 16th birthday. This is a great milestone in her great life. We will celebrate on the 5 PM news with a brief look at Windy through the years.

Gary Lezak

Posted by at November 3, 2005 5:44 PM

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