Why such a nice stretch of weather in the QC?

Mother Nature has put the weather in the Quad Cities on auto-pilot this week!  Nothing but sunny skies and seasonable temperatures.  So why hasn't there been much change in the weather lately? 

Well, the upper-level winds, also known as jet streams, that steer weather systems are rather weak.  Plus, one jet stream is located to our north and the other is to our south (shown above).  So all of the low pressure systems that usher in the clouds and the rain are riding along the jet streams to our north and south.  Keeping all the rain to our north or to our south for the most part.

 That means the area of high pressure that has been giving us the nice weather has nothing to push it out of our region.  So until the upper-level winds shift further south or north it looks like we'll be stuck in this pattern for the next several days. 

We'll keep you posted on any changes, in the meantime enjoy the great fall weather this weekend!