(Area) When is it going to warm up, and when is the wind going to stop blowing? These are two of the common discussions around the water cooler these days. Kristy Carter, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, has some answers.
Carter says a deep low-pressure system traipsing across northern Minnesota caused the 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts in this state region on Thursday. “There was a tight pressure gradient between that low-pressure system and high pressure to the south created windy conditions, and that’s why we had the 50-to-60 miles per hour gusts.
“The cooler temperatures are coming from a northerly and westerly flow pattern bringing the colder air into the region, and expected to hang around for the next several days,” said Carter.
There is good news on the horizon. Carter says the temperatures will top out in the 60s late next week. After that, the Climate Prediction Center is forecasting above-normal temperatures from April 20 to April 28.
Carter says the Climate Prediction Center also calls for above-normal precipitation for the 6-10 and 8-14 day outlook.
