A Mostly Quiet Week Ahead But the Change is Coming

Expect the weather to get much more unsettled by Sunday/Monday.

We’ve been in a pretty dry, pretty quiet pattern for much of the last month — but that is about to change as we move through this week and into the weekend, as a parade of storm systems moves east into the Southern/Central U.S.

Pattern Evolution

Currently, the Plains have been stuck under a ridge that has kept our temperatures relatively warm; some areas are in the 80s, particularly in the Panhandles and Eastern New Mexico. This dry northwesterly flow aloft has brought occasional fronts, which have cooled the eastern parts of the region, resulting in a significant east-to-west temperature gradient over the last week.

However, as we move into the next week, there’s going to be a big change in the pattern as a storm system moves ashore in the western U.S. and digs into the ridge — pushing it aside and bringing unsettled weather (finally) to the South-Central U.S. again.