STORM2K

AFTER MONDAY NIGHT...THINGS GET TRICKY. A SHORTWAVE TRIES TO MOVE AROUND THE N SIDE OF THE RIDGE OFF THE CAL COAST AND HOOKS UP WITH OUR WEAK MONDAY TROUGH. THUS...A POTENTIAL DEEP UPPER LOW TRIES TO FORM OVER THE INTERIOR SW WHILE AN UPPER HIGH FORMS TO THE NW. THIS SCENARIO WOULD PUT US UNDER NE FLOW AT MOST LEVELS AND COULD BRING A FULL-FLEDGED SANTA ANA WIND. HOWEVER...AN EASTWARD OR WESTWARD SHIFT OF JUST A FEW HUNDRED MILES WOULD CHANGE A LOT...THE WESTWARD SHIFT WOULD BRING MORE CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY PRECIP...BUT AN EASTWARD SHIFT WOULD BRING LESS WIND AND WARMER WEATHER. ANOTHER DAY OF MODEL RUNS WILL HELP GIVE MORE INSIGHT TO THIS. THE GENERAL TREND OF THE BIG PICTURE FOR LATE NEXT WEEK AND POSSIBLY BEYOND IS FOR A RIDGE OFF THE COAST WITH SHORTWAVES RIDING OVER THE HIGH AND FEEDING A LOW OVER THE INTERIOR WEST. THIS WILL KEEP US GENERALLY DRY BUT COOL...THOUGH THE INTERIOR LOW MAY SHIFT WEST NEXT WEEKEND WHICH COULD BRING PRECIP.

This sounds like an interesting pattern. Hope whatever it does that we get at least some rain out of it.