In the Northern part of the states their is a low air masses over the great lakes and above

Wisconsin over Canada. Also there is another low air mass from Canada down towards Illinois. And another low air mass by Manhattan with an occluded front. There is another low air mass in the southern part of Texas with a cold front going all the way to into Mississippi, Virginia, Ohio and into Canada. And there is a low mass over Florida and the gulf with a stationary front. Valid 0000z 6:am Sat 19th 2013. And precipitation in midsection of the states all the way to the east coast. With heavy precipitation in Texas and Arkansas.

Minnesota

Minneapolis

KMSP

Forecast period: 0100 to 0900 UTC 19 October 2013 Forecast type: FROM: standard forecast or significant change Winds: from the NW (310 degrees) at 14 MPH (12 knots; 6.2 m/s)

Visibility: 5 miles (8 km) Ceiling: 2500 feet AGL Clouds: scattered clouds at 1500 feet AGL overcast cloud deck at 2500 feet AGL Weather: -RA BR (light rain, mist)

Moisture and cloud coverage detected covering most of Minnesota into Wisconsin and over the great lakes. Also over Nebraska and Kansas. Looks like the cloud coverage or storm is moving from Nebraska over into Minnesota and over the great lakes into Canada and towards the east coast.

Traces of rain around the great Salt lake. The Northern Eastern side of the lake shows heavy storms.

This shows there is traces and light rain surrounding the Minnesota area.

There are geotropic and gradient winds off the east coast flowing into Rhode Island creating a trough off the east coast. Also another trough is forming over Arizona and New Mexico. There are also gradient winds in Texas all the through up into the East Coast. Minnesota as a trough surrounding the Minneapolis area and towards southern Minnesota. Minneapolis is on the east side of the trough so I predict the rain storm may get heavier and its associated with strong winds. Summary the forecast from the National Weather Service was correct Base on my decision and
analysis on the METAR data I collected. Although I predicted their would be more rain in KMSP. Weather verifying tools have helped me get more precise data when all tools are combined together. Its nice to read the METAR to get a general idea what is going on in a precise location but when looking at the Doppler and Satellite maps along with the 500 Hpa map you not only get the forecasted weather but you can see and understand where the storms are forming and where they are moving to.