Tuesday, March 5, 2013

March 5 Saturn

I like how they name winter storms now, makes them feel a little more thrilling; the one we had today was called Saturn.

It is 7pm, and it is lightly snowing. Earlier in the day we had a lot of snow, my guess is around 6 inches, enough to make travel scary in my car at least.

We saw stratus clouds in abundance today (low lying ugly snow or rain clouds).

Temperature: 24°F
Dewpoint: 24°F (still snowing)
Humidity: 100%
Pressure: 30.13" and rising
Wind: 2 mph from North


 You can see the low pressure system associated with winter storm Saturn moving to the east and gaining moisture.  We have several high pressure systems incoming, which explains why the pressure is increasing. Hopefully we shall see some nicer days and warmer temperatures.

 Here is the water vapor satellite image, you can see the moisture sweeping to the east.
The jetstream has become pretty normal now going west to east.

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