First Winter Storm

[Mortblanc]

Our psychotic weather is showing over here this week.

A huge storm came in off the Pacific Ocean up in the northwest and combined with some Arctic air coming down from Canada and struck a huge bank of moist air up from the Gulf of Mexico resulting in a frontal system that extends 2500 miles from the Great Lakes to Mexico with temps of 80f degrees on one side and 40f degrees on the other.

There is also the wind associated with these kinds of temp/pressure differentials so gusts are up to 50 mph as the front passes with thunder, lightening and possible embedded small tornadoes.

As this storm sweeps across its 2000 mile pathway from the Great Plains to the east coast temps are dropping 40 degrees in 90 minutes with sleet and snow trailing the temp shift.

Welcome to a continental climate zone and out first big storm of the winter.