Quick update - 05/15/15

In the post I did on Wednesday (click here), I discussed the system that would be impacting the plains this weekend.  There will likely be some severe weather today, but the bigger impacts may be on Saturday.  The Storm Prediction Center currently has the following outlook in place (subject to change)...

The issue tomorrow may be what happens to the atmosphere with thunderstorms during the overnight hours tonight (Friday night).  The atmosphere may have to spend some time recovering, much like what happened last Saturday.  If the amount of activity is marginal tonight, the risk for the day on Saturday increases. Stay informed by going to weather.gov and clicking on the part of the country you are located.

Additional rains will occur with this system but will miss some locations.  That may actually be good for some areas as excessive rainfall has occurred during the past 30 days.  Go back in the previous post and see the map I provided.

With the recent rains, the drought has improved immensely, especially across Oklahoma and Texas!

The change from the previous week was incredible!

Now we're headed into a colder period (all relative to May) so it appears that during the next several weeks the AVERAGE overall temperature trend will be below normal.  I think there may even be a decent chance of freezing temperatures all the way down into parts of Nebraska later next week!

With the change to "colder", the flow aloft will be favorable for additional precipitation next Tuesday through Thursday.  The Weather Prediction Center offers the following possibility through next Friday:

However, I think they may be shorting the front range of Colorado for next week.