Tuesday Weather, May 8th

Intermittent showers.  Really big puffy cumulus clouds.  Even a few nimbostratus observed to the south/southwest of Eau Claire at 3PM.  Cloud cover 70-80%.  Wind conditions out of the W/NW 4-8MPH.  Temperature topped out at 60F both at noon and at the 4 o'clock hour.  Clouds observed were very large, and solid edged.  Some rain was heavy at times but lasted for just minutes til it reduced to a sprinkle. 

Weather Observations Thursday May 10th

After all the rain that pushed through on Tuesday and Wednesday, some high pressure finally came in and dominated the area.  I think I counted three clouds in the sky all day while I was down in Milwaukee.  Cloud cover 0%.  Sunny conditions, with a high of 67F.  Winds light to none at all.  This seems like a typical day after a storm that is associated with higher pressure.  Very clear conditions as we head into the nighttime hours.  Should be a nice cool night with little to no cloud cover.  As we look forward to the weekend....

You can see the low pressure just off to our southwest as well as a cold front approaching too.  The center of the high pressure is now just south of Lake Michigan and depending on where it moves we could either see very clear conditions or some precipitation.  I'm going to bank on the fact that this High pressure system will keep moving to our east slowly.  As this does so, the low pressure is going to be right behind which means that we might be in for more noticable winds tomorrow.  Probably a few more clouds than 3 the whole day too.  You can see small little pockets of moisture showing up as light precipitation.  This is probably caused by the disturbance or difference as the low pressure closes in on the areas that were experiencing alot of daytime heating today. 


Weather observed at McIntyre Library, Eau Claire,WI 54701

Sunday May 6th Weather

Partly cloudy with periods of sun.  High to mid level cirrostratus clouds observed above.  40% Cloud cover.  Wind out of the ENE at 6-10MPH. Gusts up to 15MPH.  Cloud cover building as the day moved on into the night.  Cloud cover increased to about 60% by dinnertime hours.  High of 59F and that was in the early hours of the morning today.  Cloud cover and cool east/northeast winds have kept the temperatures down despite moderately sunny conditions.  This was the second day in a row that the winds had been coming from the East which was kind of funky.  I did not know the particular reasoning for this but I knew that there must not have been some good weather to the west or south of us during these days.  Barometric pressure showed a slight decrease throughout the afternoon but nothing too notable. 

Weather observed 414 Water St. Eau Claire, WI 54703

Tuesday's Weather

East breeze at 5 to 10 MPH as I walked to school at 9:45AM this morning.  Cloudy conditions to the south with clearer conditions to the north of our location.  Cloud cover at 60%.  Little flat blobby cirrus clouds, some with wind shearing evident.  Warm and partly sunny today.  Temperatures expected to be warmer than the past few days.  By 1pm the wind had switched more to the south and was pushing 10 to 15MPH easily. 

Weather Observations Mid-day Sunday, April 29th

Sunday April 29th Weather Obs
Temperature at 11Am was 53.1F at the UWEC Rooftop Weather Station. Wind out of the ESE at 5MPH.  Mostly clear conditions with plenty of sun at the moment.  Thin, wispy looking clouds overhead.  Cloud cover 20%. Overcast cloudiness yesterday gave way to clearer skies today.  Forecasts are calling for a high of 64F which would be about ten degrees warmer than yesterdays temperature. 

As we look to the west of Eau Claire you can see a fairly busy map.  Low pressure sandwiching high pressure in the plains should be creating some interesting weather.  The low pressure in northern Oklahoma has some heavy rain and possible severe weather associated with it right now.  This is the same "Low" that I mentioned in my blog yesterday.  It seems to have developed a bit more from yesterday and be moving on a ENE direction.

Friday, April 27th Obs & Sat, April 28th Obs/Report

Friday April 27th Weather Observations
Observed at Phillips Hall on the UWEC Campus & Walking around Water Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Woke up early, wind was out of the East at 10-15MPH.  Sunny conditions at 9AM, cloud cover 0%.  Temperature cool but nice with the sun shining.  Temperatures in the mid 50's (F) for the most part of the day, with a high cloud deck of patchy, scrappy looking cirrus clouds moving in around 2PM.  The breeze out of the east took more of a Southeasterly pattern at this time too while still blowing at 10-15MPH.  At this point I was just wondering when the rain would be coming.  It seems like I've posted this alot but when the wind has been out of the East and the cloud cover has been increasing throughout the day it has been a precursor to bad weather this semester.  The temperature did not drop off very hard during the evening hours as the cloud cover increased to near 80 or 90% by 10PM.  These overcast conditions kept the surface more "insulated" than usual moderating the temperatures somewhat for the first part of the night before the rain came.  I was walking home from a friends' at about 1/130 (somewhere in there), and it began to drizzle and lightly rain on the last two blocks of my walk.  The breeze had calmed down right before the precipitation began, and then once it did begin the wind must have been gusting to 20-25MPH for short periods of time. 

Saturday April 28th Weather Observations
Didn't wake up nearly as early this morning as last haha. Pretty gloomy outside so far today.  Overcast conditions, cloud cover 90%.  Dark grey, mid-level stratus mostly from what I saw.  Light winds at 5MPH out of the E-ESE again...I found the current conditions image to be quite interesting especially for our location here in Eau Claire (see below)

As you can see there is what looks like a small band of precipitation just barely south of Eau Claire at the moment (less than 30 miles).  High pressure to our NE in Ontario represents the sunnier conditions that we saw on Thursday and early Friday.  Now this pressure has moved east and a couple of low pressure systems are found to our South and West.  The system to our south looks as though it could develop some strong storms if the cold front keeps moving east (closer to the high pressure in Florida, and the warm/moist Gulf air).  Getting back to the precipitation band, it stretches all the way from Northern N. Dakota over to the western edge of Pennslyvania. UWEC Rooftop Temperature was 45.5F at 2:20PM CST.  Conditions are supposed to continue to be overcast which judging from the wind direction and my outdoor observations that the cloudiness should continue.  It will be interesting to see whether or not this system strengthens over Eau Claire or if it will just dissapate and fizzle out.  I'm banking on the latter, I think that the low pressure systems will not be close enough or quick enough to strenghten the small bit of precipitation that we might see today. 

Weather Observations April 24th

High to mid-level status and cirrostratus clouds observed on my way to class this morning at 7:30AM.  Some sun peeking through here and there, cloud cover at about 70%.  Slight breeze out of the S-SE (0-3MPH).  Temperature as of 9AM CST was 54.7F.  High of 67F expected today as the barometric pressure continues to slowly drop off.  A chance of rain is observed in the forecast later for tonight, so I will be keeping an eye on the sky and cloud type/cover as it comes in today.  A stationary low is located just to our west in Minnesota currently.  This low is drawing up a lot of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and the state of Texas.  Here is a snapshot of the current conditions showing the development to our west.

As this low pressure develops or fades, we will know because it is headed west in our direction.  Winds should continue to be out of the South or East as this pressure moves.  Look for increasing winds and some developing clouds today in order to see if this small mid-latitude cyclone becomes larger.

Weather observed Phillips Hall, UW-Eau Claire, 54701