Weather 02/14/12

The weather for the most romantic day of the year was pretty poor. it stayed dry all day with temperatures in the high 20's and a light breeze from the south at 7-10mph. The skies were overcast with 100% cloud cover. there is some chance of some rain or snow tonight and my forecast is overcast skies tomorrow with some mixed precipitation. This low pressure system also might cause the wind to pick up also so expect cooler temperatures tomorrow as that system moves over Eau Claire.

Weather 13/02/2012

yaaaaaaaaaaa Snow! Finally have some precipitation to write about in this blog. There is snow falling and it has been falling for a while it shows no signs of stopping and i think it will continue overnight. The sky conditions today were very overcast and there was little wind blowing SE at 5mph. i forecast more snow and a big accumulation over the next couple of days.

Weather 12/02/12

Today is another bright clear sky day in Eau Claire the sun is shining brightly and there is 0% cloud cover much like we had yesterday. There has been no precipitation although today is cold and the wind has also picked up the temp is around 25 degrees and the wind is blowing from the SW at around 12-15mph. For the next fewdays i predict a slight pick up in temperature and possibly some clouds moving in but overall the weather should stay pretty similar to current conditions.

Weather 11/02/12

The weather today is clear skies the sun is shining brightly. there is no cloud cover. The temperature is around 20 degrees F and there is wind of around 5-10 mph. There has been some precipitation in the past couple of days, however there is no precipitation at the moment. My forecast for tomorrow is that there will be clear skies and no clouds again. 

Weather 10/02/12

The weather today in Eau Claire is bright sunny skies with only about 10% cloud cover there is no precipitation and i can not see any coming due to the cumulus clouds in the sky looks like they don't have much moisture. The wind speed is about 12 mph from the north the temp is around 23degrees. I see more bright skies over the weekend and then an overcast start to next week. the map above is a follow up to yesterdays map about the large cold front moving across America at the moment. The continental polar air mass is pushing this cold front further south and this surface map illustrates this very well I feel.

 The second map is one of showing water Vapour in the air there is a large collection of water vapour around the Great Lakes area and there is a high risk of precipitation as we move across that region of the country forecasts are predicting a snowfall to hit this area and i agree with that as there looks like a large accumulation ready to dump its lake effect smow over the area.

 This third image shows the wind speed this week in eau Claire there is lots of fluctuation suggesting that the weather has been unpredictable this week. This has been the case as there have been clear days and cloudy days too. there is a near by low pressure system so this may have been contributing to the weather pattern but the wind speed certainly tells the story of varying weather this week in Eau Claire.
This table shows the temp in eau Claire this week also there has been much fluctuation like the wind speed map and i feel this is for similar reasons although there is a cold temperature jet stream that has been moving across the northern part of the country which would explain the lower temperatures we have been having this week. the table shows that temperatures are on the rise again so hopefully that holds true and we get a good weekend for weather.

The map above shows the accumulation that i was discussing with the vapour map in this post. the purple colour indicates snow and ice that will be falling if over most of Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and in very South Easterly Wisconsin. this will be a breaking story over the weekend how hard this region gets hit in what has been a very unusual winter in the Midwest so far.

Weather 09/02/2012

I was wrong with my prediction that the weather was going to get warmer. As the temperature dropped today with highs of mid 20's this is due to a cold front jet steam driven by the polar continental air mas. There is about 80% cloud cover at the moment i would say the cloud formation is made up of Stratocumulus undulatus clouds. there is no precipitation right now and i expect there to be no more for the next few days. The wind is blowing west at around 12mph.  You can see the cold front on my weather map.

Weather 02/02/12

Todays weather is colder that we have been used to lately. the temp is around 20 degrees Farenheight. the wind is coming in from the north west at around 8-10 mph. Despite the cold temperatures the sun has been shining all day and there is 0% cloud cover.  Looking ahead there is a shift in wind tonight bringing some warm air to the state so hopefully this unseasonable weather will continue for a few more weeks! At least fro the coming days.