{"id":826,"date":"2009-12-25T12:10:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T17:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2009-12-25T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T15:13:31","slug":"lubbock-national-weather-service-christmas-long-range-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/25\/lubbock-national-weather-service-christmas-long-range-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock National Weather Service Christmas Long Range Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-827\" title=\"2009.white.christmas\" src=\"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009.white_.christmas.gif\" alt=\"2009.white.christmas\" width=\"516\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009.white_.christmas.gif 516w, http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2009.white_.christmas-300x225.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The long range forecast from the National Weather Service in Lubbock, Texas!\u00a0 Great work\u00a0 Jordan!<\/p>\n<p>IT IS THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS AND I AM BACK IN THE CHAIR<br \/>\nTO BRING YOU THE LONG-TERM DISCUSSION WITH A BIT OF CHRISTMAS FLAIR.<br \/>\nTHE MAIN STORM IS PAST AND WHAT SNOW WILL REMAIN ON THE GROUND<br \/>\nWILL DETERMINE HOW TEMPERATURES MANAGE TO REBOUND.<\/p>\n<p>THE CLOSED LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT<br \/>\nAND NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY ISN\/T IN DOUBT.<br \/>\nALL THESE CONDITIONS TOGETHER WILL LIKELY KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL<br \/>\nSO GOING ON THE COLD SIDE OF MOS TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE RULE.<\/p>\n<p>TEMPERATURES STAY COOL WITH MID TO UPPER 40S FOR HIGHS<br \/>\nAND LOWS IN THE TEENS TO NEAR 20 IS WHAT I CAN SURMISE.<br \/>\nANOTHER WEAK FRONT SUNDAY KEEPS WARM AIR AT BAY<br \/>\nBUT CHANGES ARE ON THE HORIZON STARTING EARLY ON MONDAY.<\/p>\n<p>A DEEPENING TROF IN THE WEST WILL CHANGE THE FLOW UPSTAIRS<br \/>\nSOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT BY LATE MONDAY IS WHAT THE NWP DECLARES.<br \/>\nRETURN FLOW TRIES TO SET UP AS THE TROF PUSHES EAST<br \/>\nAND I REMAIN UNSURE HOW MUCH MOISTURE THE GULF WILL RELEASE.<\/p>\n<p>THE TIMING REMAINS SIMILAR BUT WITH A WEAKER APPROACHING TROF&#8230;<br \/>\nWILL IT REMAIN JUST AS WEAK OR WILL IT CUT OFF?<br \/>\nI HAVE MY DOUBTS BASED ON MODEL PERFORMANCES THIS LAST TIME<br \/>\nFEW CHANGES WERE MADE EXCEPT TO NICKLE AND DIME.<\/p>\n<p>POPS REMAIN LOW FOR TUESDAY INTO MIDWEEK&#8230;<br \/>\nAND I WARMED TEMPERATURES A BIT AS MODELS REMAIN QUITE OBLIQUE.<br \/>\nSNOW COULD FALL EARLY THEN SWITCH TO A MIX OR ALL RAIN&#8230;<br \/>\nTHE RIGHT FORECAST THIS FAR OUT REALLY IS QUITE A PAIN.<\/p>\n<p>COOLER WEATHER WILL SLIDE IN AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM<br \/>\nBUT THE MODELS DIVERGE AFTERWORDS&#8230;THEY JUST WON\/T CONFORM.<br \/>\nTHURSDAY THE TROF AXIS IS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS<br \/>\nBUT DIFFERENCES IN SURFACE WINDS ARE CAUSING ME GREAT PAINS.<\/p>\n<p>NORTHERLY IN THE EURO BUT WESTERLY IN THE OTHER TWO&#8230;<br \/>\nGFS AND CANADIAN FAVOR WARMER SO I WILL WAIT AND REVIEW.<br \/>\nANOTHER STRONG TROF THURSDAY THE EURO IS STARTING TO MAKE&#8230;<br \/>\nFAVORING COOLER TEMPERATURES WHICH HOPEFULLY ISN\/T A MISTAKE.<\/p>\n<p>THE LAST THE DAYS OF THE FORECAST WILL BE LEFT COOL AND DRY<br \/>\nTO SEE HOW THE MODELS CHANGE&#8230;FLIP-FLOP&#8230;AND TRY TO COMPLY.<\/p>\n<p>LITTLE SLEEP I HAVE HAD AS SHOWN BY MY RED EYES&#8230;<br \/>\nSO IF I HAVE LEFT SOMETHING OUT I DO APOLOGIZE.<br \/>\nWE STRIVE TO DO OUR BEST IN ALL THAT WE DO<br \/>\nEVEN THOUGH THE SCHEDULE IS STRANGE AND OUR SLEEP IS ASKEW.<\/p>\n<p>FORECASTING IS FUN FOR MY FELLOW FORECASTERS AND I&#8230;<br \/>\nTHE SHIFT WORK IS HARD WHICH I CANNOT DENY.<br \/>\nBUT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU AND WILL CLOSE OUT AS I CITE<br \/>\nMERRY CHRISTMAS FROM NWS LUBBOCK AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!<\/p>\n<p>JORDAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long range forecast from the National Weather Service in Lubbock, Texas!\u00a0 Great work\u00a0 Jordan! IT IS THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS AND I AM BACK IN THE CHAIR TO BRING YOU THE LONG-TERM DISCUSSION WITH A BIT OF CHRISTMAS FLAIR. THE MAIN STORM IS PAST AND WHAT SNOW WILL REMAIN ON THE GROUND WILL DETERMINE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}