May 8, 2018

Rain!

Current Conditions

Temperature: 59 °F
Dew Point: 54 °F
Winds: S 10 mph
Pressure: 1013.5 mb
Visibility: 10 miles

Today started off warm and mild and transitioned to the storms that we're seeing now. The surface map in figure 1 shows the low pressure system that moved into the area carrying rain and cooler temperatures with it.

Figure 1. Surface map of the United States.

There is a series of low pressure systems moving eastward and bringing some precipitation with them. Unfortunately this means that the coming days will be much cooler...
The storm that is currently over Eau Claire, WI can be seen in the water vapor satellite image in figure 2 as well.

Figure 2. Water vapor satellite image of the United States.

The cloud cover over Wisconsin in general is quite apparent in the image. Hopefully this low pressure system will clear up by next week, but the start of a stationary front just to the north of us and the southerly wind direction has me wary.

Previous Prediction

Yesterday's prediction was spot on! We had a low pressure system move into the area and it brought with it overcast skies.

Prediction

The low pressure system doesn't seem to be going anywhere so I would guess that skies will continue to be overcast tomorrow with much lower temperatures.

This post marks the end of my semester-long weather blog for this class. I look back at my first posts and realize how much my knowledge of weather expanded over the course of the semester. It was a fun ride, but now its time to move onto bigger and better things, like graduating...