“High” on a Milder November
(No Ratings Yet)Ξ November 4th, 2009 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
It would seem as if nature is trying to make amends for the unusually cool, damp autumn that we’ve had to endure. Apology accepted. As an upper level ridge builds in the wave of warmer air is truely extensive with climbing temperatures from the prairie provinces of Canada all the way to Texas.
To lend some perspective, temperatures in the teens are possible this time of year as far south as central North Dakota, but during the next couple of days they will be warming into the 60s with 50s across the border into Canada. Certainly unusual.
So what is this ‘high pressure ridge’ that is responsible for this turnaround? (more…)