Snow - Arctic Air - Change in the West

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Surface Plot 2-14-2020 at 0400 CST. Plotted by Digital Atmosphere; www.weathergraphics.com

Arctic high pressure is centered over northern Missouri this morning with northerly winds east of the ridge line, southerly winds west of the ridge, with Pacific air to the west. Sub-zero temperatures are observed under the high in the center of the region with teens under the clouds to the east. LIght snow is falling downwind of the Great Lakes. Temperatures in the 30s are found down wind of the northern Rockies in Montana. Clouds are drifting north on the southwest quadrant of the high. Look for the milder air in the west to overspread the the region as the high pressure retreats to the east.