THE EDGE

OK, Yes the first picture is The Edge from the World Famous Rock band U2, but, we're going to talk about another edge, the one in the picture above, namely the cloud line that is so closely matched to the AR /OK border, ...that edge! In this shot where you don't see the clouds, there is brilliant bright blue sky and under the clouds, well it's pretty darn right overcast. This line marks the western edge of a closed Low that has been plaguing our forecasts for some four days. Closed lows are very much the black sheep of the storm family; very independent, often not adhering to norms, and just plain difficult. Short and long term forecasting models alike have a horrible time with these systems. Here's the good news. This particular storm IS MOVING NORTH (yes, slightly to the west too) AND AWAY! It really can't leave soon enough.

With a little luck by Saturday morning all associated cloudiness will be out of our area and we'll be in store for a nice warm up.

Posted by Ted Zarras at 5:15 PM