Thursday and Friday's Observations

Ahh I woke up this morning and realized that I forgot to blog yesterday so here is the update. Yesterday's highs were close to 40 deg F. There were some cumulus humulis clouds scattering the sunny skies. There was a northwest wind blowing at around 6 mph. Overall it was a very nice day.

Now for today. I stepped outside today and noticed the cirrostratus clouds coving 100% of today's skies. I also notice the hoar frost on many branches. This was very cool looking becasue it was standing in ice crystal stick straight out from the surface it was on. Now for today's temperature it is currently 20.1 deg F with a windchill of 14.4 deg F. I still opted to take the bus this morning as the air still had that winter nip to it. The dew point is currently at 18.5 deg F. This puts the realative humidity at around 93% meaning that the air is almost fully saturated with moisture. This is most likely due to the warmer temperatures yesterday. The weather station reports that the eau claire area is misty. Further due to the saturation of the air.

The barometer is at 1018.7 mb. There is also a southeast wind blowing at 4mph. As we can see from the surface map from the Weather Channel there is a low pressure system moving in from the west and is currently associated with and occluded front. This means that niether the warm front nor the cold front is prevailing.

I forcast snow or rain showers in the late evening tonight or early morning tomorrow due to the occluded front moving in from the west.