4/28/11

Weather on campus is working again.  44.2 today, with a dew point of 35.8 and a relative humidity of 72%.  There was the lightest of light rain starting a few minutes ago, just a few drops.  The wind is 12 mph from the NW.  Now that occluded front has moved even farther north.  Mostly high pressure across the US; a big cold front has moved through.  It's overcast.  The trough that we were in is gone, thankfully.  I was wrong about it getting warmer; I was right about it staying cloudy, and spot on for wind speed.
Tomorrow, I think that it will be warm, it will be sunny, and it will be clear.  I can't wait to see it happen. 

4/27/11

42 out there, dew point 32, humidity 68%.  There is an 8 mph NW wind.  Skies are overcast.  There were some flurries (yes, snow) earlier in the day, but only for a little while.  The occluded front that was south of us yesterday has shifted to the northeast, so north of Michigan (that's Canada, eh) is getting hit with storms, but we're fine.  The jet stream has calmed down too, but we're still in a trough of low pressure. 
Tomorrow, I expect that temperature will rise to 48, that skies will stay cloudy, and that the wind will increase to 12 mph.

4/26/11

Current conditions for the Eau Claire area are: temperature, 41 degrees; dew point, 38 degrees; humidity, 89%; wind speed, 8 mph; wind direction, N; light rain.  Oh, dear.  There's an occluded front forming just south of us.  Very interesting jet stream map too; there's a big trough in the middle of the country.  The lines in the trough are pretty messed up, curving this way and that, with the jet in seperate places flowing north, south, and even west. 
Tomorrow, I refuse to predict snow, no matter what NOAA says is possible.  I say that the temperature will increase to 44, that we'll have clouds and rain, and a north wind of 6 mph. 

4/22/11

43.2.  Dew point 38.1, so relative humidity 82%.  10 mph SE wind.  Overcast.  Boy, that's a large occluded front, extending from South Dakota to Arkansas.  Surely we'll feel the effect of some of its storms soon.  Not much action in the jet stream. 
Tomorrow, we're likely in for more of the same.  Mostly cloudy, 8 mph wind from the NE, temperature 45 degrees. 

4/21/11

49.8 baby.  1 mph SE wind.  That's what it says on campus.  Over on the Chippewa Regional Valley Airport station, they're reporting a 14 mph S wind.  We've got mixed clouds, partly to mostly cloudy. 
Tomorrow, I think we're in for a clearing of the skies to partly cloudy, 6-8 mph wind, temperature down a few degrees. 

4/20/11

42.1 degrees.  All that hooplah about snow, with rumortastic predictions of anywhere between 1 and 10 inches, and what have we got? Zero inches accumulation.  Still, it's crappy outside.  11 mph NW wind.  Overcast. 
Tomorrow, I predict that the clouds will lift to mostly cloudy, the wind will stay the same, and the temperature will be increased.  To 48. 

4/19/11

It's snowing.  Right now.  Small flakes, but still.  34.7 degrees, dew point 31.3, 87% relatively humid.  10 mph East wind.  Oh, goody.  Looking at the surface map, what was a stationary front across the US is now a cold front.  The warm air, apparently, gave up in the face of overwhelming force.  Oh, goody.  If you hadn't guessed, it's overcast.  The strongest jet stream is below WI; the air over WI is pretty same, temperature wise, so we're all in this together. 
Oh, boy, tomorrow, temperature about the same, chance of rain and snow (call it a pretty good chance), and an 8 mph NW wind.