GOES-10 Science Test

Weather Synopsis - 05 April/12UTC to 06 April/12UTC 1998





Synoptic Situation:


Broad upper level troughs of low pressure were found across
the western and eastern U.S., with a flat ridge persisting
over the central portion of the country. Another upper low
was approaching Baja California. Several weak short waves
were embedded within the western U.S. trough, with the most well-defined
wave moving across the northern High Plains.


At the surface, high pressure again dominated the central
U.S., from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. A trough
across the Rockies drifted eastward into the High
Plains. A dryline began to form over the Texas panhandle
as moisture return from the Gulf of Mexico started
progressing northward across Texas.


Weather Conditions:



No severe weather was reported across the U.S. this period.
Light rain (with some mountain snow) was reported across 
California into the Rockies and the northern Plains, as well as 
New England, parts of the mid-Atlantic region, and the Florida
peninsula.