Well, I would never make it as TV weather guy--not unless somebody dressed up my maps for me! From the looks of the goofy doodles on the map above, I'd never make it as a graffiti artist either. As you can see a huge chunk of the West is living under the influence of a gigantic high pressure system. This puppy is so big, it's making the jetstream turn almost 90 degrees north and then arch clear up into Alaska before bending back to head into the Midwest. Farther West, way out in the Pacific, there's a lot of high pressure. The big question is whether subsequent pressure areas will come and follow the one we have right now. What's it going to take to break this pattern and send us back to winter weather? Who knows? Right now it looks like we have a planetary scale pattern in place that could dominate Pacific for some time to come.
A LOT of new record high temps were recorded along the California Coast Tuesday. Amazing figures such as 75 degrees at the San Francisco Airport were logged. Records will be broken today, too but values will be a few degrees less. Just trying to imagine 80 degrees at Monterrey in January is truly mind-bending!
Meanwhile, attention is turning the weather for January 20 when Obama will be sworn in. Click here for a great historical look at such days. The Eastern half of the Nation is getting bodyslammed by cold weather. Luckily, it's supposed to ease to 35 degrees in DC by next Tuesday with mostly sunny skies.
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