This morning I noticed that the sky was 50% covered with cirrostratus clouds. The flag again told me that there was little to no wind. However the air outside is still bitterly cold today. The temperature outside is 19.8 deg F with a windchill of 19.4 deg F. The dew point is at 10.8 deg F which means that there is a relative humidity of 68%. The barometer reading is at 1029.1 mb. The surface weaather map from the Weather Channel shows that we are currently in a high pressure system.
This can be reaffirmed by the surface station map from Unisys below.
You can see that there are winds from the south east on the right of us and winds from the northwest on the left of us with wind from the northeast below us. This is a clear clockwise pattern that is associated with a high pressure system.
This map from Intellicast shows that the jet stream is drawing its cooler air from the Pacific Maritime Polar air mass. This creates cooler upper air in the atmosphere over the U.S.
I forecast that today and tomorrow will see partially cloudy days with a cold evening tonight.
