Mid-Latitude Cyclone

This piece of energy overhead right now is what my college professors would call a classic mid-latitude cyclone. It has a well defined center of low pressure, which has a strong counter-clockwise flow around it. Southerly winds ahead of the storm system brought us a very warm day yesterday. That heat helped to fuel a few thunderstorms ahead of the storm system. The water vapor imagery shows the moisture from the Gulf of Mexico circulating around it. The moisture has developed a cloud deck that is in the signature shape of a comma. On this Monday, we will be on the backside of this storm system and will be dealing with the wrap around moisture. That means mostly cloudy skies will be with us early on, before a little sunshine tries to poke through this afternoon. Any rain we pick up today will be very light as the bulk of the energy in the atmosphere was spent last night. -ADAM