Enjoy the warmth while it lasts.

Today was a fairly "quiet" day in terms of weather.  My predictions from yesterday were spot on.  The continental Tropical air mass (see Figure 1) and SE wind kept the temperature very warm.  Cloud cover, highlighted by cirrus clouds, was scattered from this morning through the afternoon and broken later on.

Figure 1.  Jet stream map from Intellicast.  Ridge in jet stream can
be seen over eastern side of US.  This ridge is allowing a warmer,
continental Tropical air mass to move north.

Browsing through my favorite weather websites, I found some good images that pertain to the near future.  Tomorrow's conditions should remain very similar to today.  The temperature will remain warm, and the cloud cover will be clear to scattered.  However, Figure 2 shows that a cold front will be moving into the area in the near future.  This cold air mass will drive underneath the warm air mass currently in the area and push the warm air up. Thus, the cold, dense air will remain here.  This situation is illustrated very well by Figure 3.

Figure 2.  Current surface map from The Weather Channel.  Cold front
approaching from the north.

Figure 3.  Weather forecast from AccuWeather.