WEATHER ALERT
The overall weather pattern through the end of the week will continue to
be featured with a pronounced and anomalous upper level trough over the
eastern half of the country, and a big upper level ridge for the western
states. This will keep most of the West Coast, the Great Basin, and the
Desert Southwest warmer and drier than normal, and the central and eastern
parts of the U.S. much colder than normal.
Over the eastern half of the nation, we all know that it has been quite
cold over the past week. An eddy of the polar vortex is leading to the