Through April 25th, it’s been very wet for much of Texas and across the Gulf Coast region while dry or very dry throughout the West and Northern Plains.

Interestingly, the above rainfall anomaly reflects warmest where wettest, coolest where driest.

TOP IMAGE CREDIT: WeatherBug

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However, the next 5 day 500mb height anomalies almost identically reflect where negative heights overlap wettest ground.

The late week Southeast coast storm event signifies change.

EPS control day 5-10

10-15

A surge of summer is on the way for the Northeast and this cannot come soon enough for Boston!

CFSv2 flips this around…

This DOESN’T mean the ridge and warmth pushing into the east hits and holds, I suspect there’s more troughiness for the East before May is done. It’s unknown how long this ridge holds in the east.

Be sure to watch today’s video for the discussion

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