Atmospheric blocking filters into Mid-Missouri

Mid-Missouri is looking sunny and warm currently, and atmospheric blocking looks to hold a lock on this pattern throughout the second half of the week.

Atmospheric blocking occurs whenever a high pressure system stalls over a region shielding the passage of low pressure systems. This leads to persistent weather patterns. The people who live underneath a stalled high pressure system will typically see dryer codnitions.

The current upper level jet stream over Mid-Missouri allows meteorologist to paint the picture of this atmospheric event as a tell tale sign is a ridge-like feature that looks to have little to no movement over several days. The low pressure system off the west coast will actual remain stalled to the west resulting in an increase in rainfall for the northern California coast.

The extended precipitation forecast reveals remnants of another atmospheric blocking feature that looks to keep the eastern coast dryer than average.