I am loving today!!!!!

Temperature today right now at 7:26 p.m. is 65F.  That is really warm for this hour and that is a good sign of summer coming! 








Finally Wisconsin is not on the wind chill map!!!!



There are a few areas that have lightning strikes in the U.S. and that is caused by the warmer air rising to cause the thunderstorms.  The area most affected is in Colorado and Wyoming.  Virginia and North Carolina are showing a lot of activity as well. 



We have a Southeast wind of 55 mph and the Humidity is 30%.
Tonight it will get down to 39F but will be clear and no chance of precipitation with a SSW wind of 2 mph.  The temperature in the morning will be around 40F but the humidity will rise to 78%!
The rest of the week should be about the same but Friday will be cloudy with a chance of showers but only about 20%.  Sunday we will reach 80F but wait for the thunderstorms as they roll in at SSW wind of 12 mph in the evening. 



Either way, spring is coming and we should all be thankful.  We have an upper level ridge keeping us warm now but will bring some storms with it.  The Jetstream is finally leveling out for us in the Midwest.  We get some warm wind from the west from a high pressure system. 

Due to some techical diffuculties my posts for the last week will be in one post.

So last week we discussed microclimates and did an exercise with temperature, wind and dew point.  He did numerous different areas on campus.  Two days later something crazy happened.  We were in class and it began to snow!!!  I know, it was horrible!  We looked out the window and saw large snowflakes blowing in the wind, we looked again and they were gone, this happened numerous times during class.  At 4:15 p.m. when class was over, I went outside of Phillips Hall and it was really windy and snowing still, so I decided to go back in Phillips and walk through the building instead of outside, and what do you think happened a mere 100 feet away?  It wasn't snowing and barely any wind!  Talk about a microclimate.  So I walked to my car.  I walked between Centennial and Schneider and it was of course super windy and almost blew me over!!!  As soon I was out of the tunnel effect it went back to calm when I was on Park Ave.  The temperature was dramatically warmer once I was no longer in the middle of the buildings.  The rest of the week after that was pretty nice, the upper air data was stable each day and there was little no precipitation.  The average temperature was around 50F.  Which is not terrible but sure not what we were all hoping for. 
This coming week will be warmer but there will be a possibility of rain and possibly storms. 

WINDY,CHILLY, RAINY!!! Not my idea of SPRING!!!!!

Not how I hoped this week would go but what I expected based on the forecast.  YUCK, seriously some nice weather would be great. 
It was a whopping 41F today, and it for sure feels dramatically colder.  I would say it feels about 28F.  Unfortunately it is going to be like this for at least a few more day.  It was completely overcast all day without even a hint of sun. Super depressing.  We have a pretty good chance of getting a wintery mix of snow, ice, and rain. Thankfully it won't hang around as temperatures are supposed to be in the 40's tomorrow too.  There is also a chance of a nasty wintery mix tomorrow as well. 

     Well if this doesn't say it all.  Minnesota and Wisconsin are just not very warm.  Not that the rest of the Midwest is either. This will hang on for a week or so.  I will take the cold instead of the possible nasty storms about to hit nine states on the east coast. The southern states are also getting hit with some pretty severe thunderstorms. 



Upper air sounding chart has the LI:16.3 and KI: -8, there is a chance of precipitation but no thunderstorms.

Sadly tomorrow will look the same.  At least we do not have sever weather like other areas in the United States. 

The wind today and for the rest of the week looks a strong. 



Of course Wisconsin is on the wind chill map for late April, no shocker!!!!!!!!!!!

Well lets hope all this nasty weather passes so we can have some sunshine!

Beautiful Day!

Temperature today is slightly cooler than the last few days but still nothing to complain about. 
Temperature presently is 61F could possibly get to 72F later today. In the evenings in the last few days the temperatures have dropped significantly.  
Today is partly cloudy with the majority being cumulostratus clouds.  The wind is from the SSW at 5mph.  There is no chance of precipitation today during the day but possible into the evening and it is presently at 30% humidity. 
 
 

Temperatures today in the Midwest are quite nice.  It appears that all signs of spring are upon us. 




Tonight's temperatures will fall to around 50F. 



This map shows that we are enjoying a high pressure system that is keeping us warm.  There could be a low pressure system pushed this way and make for some cooler temperatures next week and some high winds coming from the west. 



The LI is 13.6 which is stable and the KI is 11. 


not much upper air wind at 500mb.  The isobars being so far apart signifies good weather and lighter winds. 

Nice temps today!

Nice temperatures today with the high of 72F.  It was sure windy today though with the wind from the W at 7 mph, it sure seemed like more wind than that at my house on the hill.  I think that must have been measured somewhere in a valley!!  Tonight it is 51 F and feels that was as well.  The humidity is 33% and there is no precipitation.  Today there were some really beautiful clouds surrounding a blue sky.  I did see some vertical formation occurring so I was wondering if some Cumulus congestus clouds would form but they seemed to decimate as quickly as they were building.  Tomorrow there it will be a beautiful day also with highs in the mid 70's!!!!  Can't complain about that.  There is no precipitation in the forecast either.  It should be a nice SSW wind at around 68 mph.  Here's hoping that this really means spring.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It snowed in Eau Claire but i am not complaining after the Destruction in Fairdale, Illinois

This post will start off with the horrible devastation that terrorized the town of Fairdale, Illinois. 





 

This is a picture of some of the destruction in Fairdale, the inspirational flag on the branch  shows that there is still hope. 

 

This storm hit the areas of Rochelle, Kirkland, and Fairdale, Illinois the hardest.  Presently two deaths reported.  The tornado that struck Fairdale appears to have done at least the damage of EF-3 and possible EF-4.  Today there are clear skies and looks like something like that could not have just happened.  Officials say that 18 homes were completely destroyed and swept from their foundations. 

 

The forecast yesterday in Fairdale:  Thunderstorms and Temperature of 71F for the high and 44F for the low.  The temperature for today is a bit lower, it is 56F and 33F.  The average rainfall is between .09 inches and  0.11 inches.   It is presently 59.2 which is much cooler than yesterday.  Winds are out of the North at 8mph with gusts of 17mph.  It is 58% humidity. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



What is this? It's not spring!

Cold with freezing rain, not my idea of Spring!

Woke up this morning to a chilly, rainy, yucky day.  It was gloomy and dreary.  It was 30F this morning.  I am not ok with that.  It was super windy, I live on a hill so I imagine it seems much more windy up here!!!



Yep, not at all the Spring weather I was hoping for.  I can't wait for the day that I don't have to wear a jacket and bring a rain coat. 



This map shows that it is colder than the normal temperature for this time of year.  I am hoping this is only a short time of frozen unpleasantness and the beautiful flowers and sun are just around the corner. 



This map shows that my analysis of the winds earlier were right on.  It shows that the winds are close to 30 mph near us so who knows if it could reach that here anyway.  Its a mess.

This sounding shows that the LI is 18.3 which is stable.  To me if I were to guess outside I would not find it stable because the wind is kicking it out there and there was some freezing rain too.  It seems pretty active.  I expected this map to be a little more intense.   This is Green Bay, WI, the following is in the cities, let see what the difference is. 



KI 21 and LI  15.9 which is still stable.  The wind is still a factor but it is still considered stable.



according to this map, we should not be getting anymore rain but it sure seems like there will be!  Let's just hope that the weather gets better so we can forget that the Badgers lost!

Today overcast and dreary

Lenticular clouds on 04/05/2015 Easter Day

Interesting Week it was, hmmmmm

So this week we had some interesting temperatures.  We had temperatures that made us think that spring, then summer were coming, then soon after a thunderstorm, then another nice day up to 70F, then we have today.  Wow what a crappy day.  I woke up this morning to a cold, dreary, overcast morning that didn't hold much promise.  Then I went outside and it was much worse.  The wind today was hard to deal with.  All day it was around 30F pretty much and it did finally reach 43F but that is not what I was hoping for.  It also ended up being very clear and no clouds in sight.  The winds have also died down from the 13mph with gusts of 17-18mph to just 2mph and from ESE.  Yesterday the low of 45F was higher than the high temperature today of 43F.  It should be warmer tomorrow, and could reach up to 54F but that is still not good enough for me.  I was really hoping to have a few days of wearing shorts again.  Although tomorrow will be a little warmer, it will be pretty clear but there is a chance of rain of 40% by the evening time.  At least it didn't snow today.  But I do still have a headache from the cold air and very cold wind hitting my face for over an hour. 



I like this heat index map, it shows how we have none.  I don't want to see this map again.  I am tired of being cold. 





On the other side of it, this is the wind chill map, I think it would be great to not be listed on this map.  Many states are not just as we are not listed in the heat index.  I think I am living in the wrong place.  It is interesting that the areas such as Illinois and Missouri that are south of us have area that is colder. 




According to this map, the wind in Eau Claire isn't too much to complain about today but the people who made this map didn't walk across the water street bridge either.  It was more like the green highlighted area of Oklahoma and Northeast Texas. 



I have not really looked at one of these maps before but I find it interesting that the places that you would expect to be Extreme are but it is strange how Texas is different all over, it has every color possible in it. It indicates that central Minnesota is Moderate and Wisconsin is low, I wonder why that is.  Then the islands south of Florida, I imagine all of them, are extreme as well.  Sounds really warm!!!!!!!!  I know that is not the only indicator but it makes me think of warmth. 

Current temps map shows how cold it was today!  URGH not happy about this. 

This map gives me hope, this is tomorrows highs!  Lets hope it gets warmer faster. 

The frost and freeze map shows where frost can be expected and where temperatures are forecasted to fall below 32F. I sure hope it is not right but it looks like a good portion of the country has the possibility of this.