Thursday Observations

Today has again been wet. The temperature hasn't dropped to be too cold but it is still coat weather. Ick!

Today's temperature is 55.9 deg F with a windchill of 48.9 deg F. The dew point is aty 41.4 deg F which in turn creates a relative humidity of 58%. The wind is at a blustery 16 mph from the West. The barometer is at 1011.4 mb. This is a large drop form yesterday's barometer meaning that indeed the low pressure system has moving into the region. The skies are 100% covered with stratus clouds. This map from the weather channel shows that yes the front of the low pressure system is currently moving across the Minnesota and Wisconsin region.

I predict more rain and cloudy skies through the night and then some clear skies tomorrow as the high pressure dome moves into the region.

Wednesday Observations

Sorry I did not post yesterday I was way too busy to get to sit down and write. Yesterday saw cumulocirrus clouds scattered across 10% of the sky and tempertures in the high 40s. The wind was still a bit chilly.

Today's temperature is 57.6 deg F and the windchill is 52.3 deg F. The dew point is at 21.9 deg F creating a relative humidity of 25%. the wind is from the southat 7 mph. The barometer is at 1028.8mb. This shows that we are still in the high pressure dome that I talked about on Monday. However this map from teh Weather Channel shows that as I predicted the low pressure system from the west will be moving into the region by tomorrow.

Weekend Recap and Monday's Observation

So sorry for no weekend update. I was in Nebraska since Friday for a regional conference. I will however report that Saturday in Nebraska was beautiful and sunny. I sat outside just to soak in some of its warmth. It is not however that wonderful warmth has sadly not come to Wisconsin. I was obviously wrong about my predictions for a warm up in Eau Claire.

Today's temperature is 37.8 deg F with a wind chill of 31.6 deg F. The dew point is 22.1 deg F creating a relative humidity of 53%. There is a chilly wind blowing from the North at 7mph. The barometer is at 1025.9mb which is considerably higher than last weeks low mb readings. The skies are currently 80% covered with stratocumulus clouds. I believe that this indicates that tonight will still be cool but that the night will be a cold one and that the clouds will dissipate over the next couple of days. This map from the Weather Channel shows that indeed Wisconsin is in a high pressure dome currently. I would like to note that there is a low pressure system over the west coast. I predict that this will bring Eau Claire more stormy weather by Wednesday.