Synoptic Weather

NHC:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Current Tropical Activity:

South Atlantic:
Erin over 300 miles east of the Jersey Shore; Winds; 90 mph, movement NE 22 mph., no landfall
Disturbance #1 near the Leeward Islands, 90% Chance of Cyclone Formation in 7 days
Disturbance #2 central tropical Atlantic 50% Chance of Cyclone Formation in 7 days

East Pacific:
Disturbance #1 south of southwestern Mexico, 60% Chance of Cyclone Formation in 7 days

Central Pacific:

None

NMC Sfc Map:
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc-zoom.php?type=bw
Weak stationary front from south Georgia to east Texas with waves. Large storm over Hudson Bay pushing a cold front into the Upper Midwest which transforms into a stationary front with waves from Nebraska to western Montana.

Coldest air: Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska; 35F.

Radar:
https://radar.weather.gov/?settings=v1_eyJhZ2VuZGEiOnsiaWQiOm51bGwsImNlbnRlciI6Wy05MS44OTksMzkuMDc0XSwibG9jYXRpb24iOm51bGwsInpvb20iOjQuNDQ0NDQ0NDE1MDY4MzM4fSwiYW5pbWF0aW5nIjpmYWxzZSwiYmFzZSI6InN0YW5kYXJkIiwiYXJ0Y2MiOmZhbHNlLCJjb3VudHkiOmZhbHNlLCJjd2EiOmZhbHNlLCJyZmMiOmZhbHNlLCJzdGF0ZSI6ZmFsc2UsIm1lbnUiOnRydWUsInNob3J0RnVzZWRPbmx5IjpmYWxzZSwib3BhY2l0eSI6eyJhbGVydHMiOjAuOCwibG9jYWwiOjAuNiwibG9jYWxTdGF0aW9ucyI6MC44LCJuYXRpb25hbCI6MC42fX0%3D

Widely scattered showers from western Minnesota to Colorado.

GFS:
https://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guidance-model-parameter.php?group=Model%20Guidance&model=GFS&area=NAMER&ps=area#
High pressure controls the Northeast through the weekend with a cold front approaching at the end of the weekend. Low pressure forms and strengthens southeast of Long Island and tracks to the Gulf of Maine early next week.

National Drought Map: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu
National Snow Cover Map: https://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/interactive/html/map.html