Updated Fri 11:25 PM below highlighted
Here’s where the mid-level low actually is:
Here’s current radar with water vapor image
The weather this weekend will be interesting from a basic meteorological viewpoint; several basic weather phenomena will be in motion, including “horizontal wind convergence” and “jet streak exit region” vertical motion.
The bottom line will be unstable, shower-like precipitation with considerable clouds on Saturday (and maybe some breaks of sun). More rain Sunday afternoon with an old fashioned low pressure system.
To start, on Saturday, an area of horizontal moisture convergence will result in rain showers very early Saturday morning. (Winds from the east will run directly into winds from the west. Where they meet, the air has nowhere to go but up, resulting in precipitation.)
This area of low level convergence will lift off to our northeast after daybreak and Saturday mid morning will become drier.
Friday night’s HRRR has sunshine Saturday morning before the showers develop.
Additional convergence develops in the afternoon along with a negatively tilted upper air trough (1), a very strong jet streak (2) just to our southwest resulting in our area being in the what’s called the “right exit region (3) with vertical lift”.
By 3 PM, we’ll be sitting under a strong closed mid-level closed low. Showers will develop under this low. With weak winds, any showers may be slow movers.
Ok, enough! What about the forecast for Saturday and Sunday?
Showers tapering off early, about 8 AM or so. Mostly cloudy mid to late morning with this break in the showers. Periods of sun and clouds possible by late morning and early afternoon.
Any sun will be “self-destructive sunshine” and lead to showers.
Plenty of dark clouds will develop. Impossible to time, but showers develop about noon and become widespread by 2 -5 PM. The showers will develop in-place and become numerous. High 58.2º sd 2.0º Blue Bell (NBM)
Tonight’s models show the showers to have somewhat less coverage than the map below.
Showers taper off early Saturday evening.
Weak high pressure builds in for Sunday morning. Some mid-level clouds will lower and thicken by around noontime. An advancing low pressure system in the Midwest will quickly move in with clouds late morning and even some showers by 2 -4 PM according to the latest HRRR. High 61.5 º sd 1.6º NBM Blue Bell.
Friday night’s HREF shows most of the shower activity on Sunday afternoon moving off to our north. A nicer day is possible than previously forecast.
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