March 26, 2018

 Late Night Rain

Current Conditions

Temperature: 37 °F
Dew Point: 20 °F
Winds: SE 10 mph
Pressure: 1019.0 mb
Visibility: 10 miles

Today started off pretty mild with a temperature of 31 °F and winds E at 8 mph. The dew point was 20 °F and skies were partly sunny. As the day progressed the sky become overcast and the pressure continued to drop as a low pressure system rolled through causing some light rain later in the evening. the rain did stop by about 10:30 PM, so accumulations were low.The overall conditions for today are outlined in the graph in figure 1.

Figure 1. Weather conditions for March 26, 2018. The barometric pressure dropped as the day progressed indicating the approaching low pressure system.

In the southeastern United States, a storm system moving in from the Gulf and traveling southeast will unleash some heavy rains from Texas to Tennessee. The story states that some areas may reach or surpass their normal monthly rainfall for March in just a few days. This is a continuation of the cool, wet weather this region has been receiving the past couple weeks. According to a local resident I talked with last week, this spring has been cold and rain compared to what the weather is normally like in Tennessee. The projected path of the low pressure system is shown in figure 2.

Figure 2. Projected path of the low pressure system moving in from the Gulf of Mexico.

Prediction

Since I was away on spring break, I do not have a previous prediction for today. However, for tomorrow I predict mild temperatures in the 40s with mostly overcast skies due to the high pressure system moving into the Wisconsin area.