Update

Over the next couple of weeks I will be moving to Fargo, ND. As i do so I will be updating the related link page in order to provide Fargo weather resources. I just wanted to let you know that there will be some new resources coming to my blog as I make the transition to a new city. Excitement! Toughest Weather City here I come!

Tuesday and I'm Back!

So sorry for leaving you for a few days. It is finals time and I've been super busy. Anyways you don't want read my excuses you'd like to have a weather update. So this weekend has been really nice and today has been even nicer. I wish I could have spent more time outside but there will be plenty of time for that once school is done at the end of the week. Today's temperature is currently 67.6 deg F with a wind chill of 61.5 deg F. The dew point is at 21.2 deg F creating a relative humidity of 17%. Clearly no rain showers are going to occur in the near future. The skies are also currently 100% clear of clouds. The wind is at 8mph from the northeast. The barometer is at 1015.0 mb. this map from the Weather Channel shows that Eau Claire, WI is in a high pressure dome at the moment and that there is a low pressure system to the south and a dry line to the west across the Rockies.

I forecast that we will remain warm for a few days. Depending on the development of the low pressure systems moving across the rockies there may be a chance of rain showers on Friday.

Thursday Observations

It was foogy when I left my house today. The fog has since cleared up. Today's temperature is currently 69.4 deg F the windchill is 70.3 deg F. The dewpoint is 61.9 deg F creating a relative humidity of 77%. The wind is 2 mph from the NW. The 1008.1 mb which is still fairly low. The sky is 50% covered with altostratus clouds. I forecast rain this evening or tomorrow morning. This map from the Weather Channel shows the low pressure system that has moved south of us. It also shows the line of precipitation that is moving accross the plains towards us.

Wednesday's Observations

So right now is the perfect time for weather blogging in Eau Claire since I can hear the thunder outside my office in Davies Center. It is currently raining outside. The temperature is 64.2 deg F with a windchill of 64.2 deg F. The relative humidity is 54.4 deg F creating a relative humidity of 73%. The winds are blowing at 10mph from the west to northwest. The barometer is 1007.6mb. The skies are 100% covered with nimbostratus clouds. This map from the Weather Channel shows that the midlatitude cyclone i mentioned yesterday is directly over southwestern Wisconsin. I predict rain and thunderstorms all day with potental for some severe weather and strong winds.

This is the curren radar for the region from WEAU-Weather

On a side note be sure to check out the photo page today since I will be adding some photos from a friend of mine of the severe weather in Minnesota yesterday where they had several tornado warnings.

Tuesday's Observation

Today's temperature is currently 77.7 deg F with a wind chill of 75.4 deg F. The dew point is 58.6 deg F creating a relative humidity of 52%. The barometer is at 1002.8 mb which is still very low. The wind is at 9mph from the east. The sky is about 50% covered with cirrostratus clouds. This map from the Weather Channel shows that indeed the low pressure system is still in the region. the low pressure system is beginning o form a comma shape meaning that it is a mid-latitude cyclone. However the occluded front indicates that the system is beginning to die out and lose strength.

I forecast that there is a chance of thunderstorms overnight and into the early morning however I also forecast that Eau Claire is going to be seeing more consistently warm temperatures throughout the rest of the month.

Monday's Observations

So wow today has been quite the weather filled day. Today's weather began with thunder that shook my house and woke me up. A facebook friend of mine caught this photo of the dark storm clouds approaching (this is the same cloud bank that I saw form my window this morning). Heavy rainfall and blustery winds were soon to follow this cloud bank.

So today's temperature is currently 58.1 deg F with a wind chill of 55.8 deg F. The dew point is 50.2 deg F creating a relative humidity of  75%. The wind is at 10mph from the southeast. The barometer is at 1008.6mb which is much lower than yesterday. The skies are currently 75% covered with altocumulus and cirrostratus clouds. This map from the Weather Channel shows a culmination of low pressure systems off to the west which explains the drop in the barometer as the low pressure systems move into the areas.

This map of the jet stream from Intellicast shows that there is a trough in the jet stream over the rocky mountains. This trough could potentially dip down over the Midwest as the low pressure systems move westward.

I forecast that the temperature will remain cooler tomorrow and that we could potentially see more rainfall by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

Sunday's Observations

Surprise! I'm blogging from outside on my step today! It has been beautiful this weekend compared to our last 9 months. So sorry I didn't post on Friday I totally thought that I had but when I came back today there was nothing. So to start off Friday began our stretch of warmer warmer (sadly I did not get to enjoy it much as I was inside all day). Here is a picture I took of the skies on Friday afternoon over the Chippewa River near Water Street. It shows Cumulus humulus clouds.

And luckily the warm days has stuck through the weekend.  here is a picture of the beautiful skies over downtown Eau Claire and the Chippewa River that I took yesterday. it shows some cumulus congestus  clouds.

I was near 65 deg F on Saturday and today is proving just as nice. Soooo here is today's lovely weather update...

The temperature is currently 67.3 deg F with a wind chill of  61.5 deg F. The dew point is 34 deg F creating a relative humidity of  29%. The wind is at 6mph from the SE. This breeze is a little cooler creating the cooler wind chill today. The skies are 50% covered with half  thin cirrostratus clouds and half slightly lower altostratus clouds. The barometer is at 1014.4mb and falling as another low pressure system approaches the midwest. The stratus clouds tell us that there may be precipitation in 15-20 hours. This map from the Weather Channel shows the low pressure system over the rockies and the precipitation over Minnesota. We can expect to see this rainfall in Eau Claire as the evening appraoches.