April 3rd Weather Observations / Assignment 5 JPEGS

Not a bad morning considering the area got pelted with hail last night for about 5 minutes before turning into a downpour.  Total precipitation came out to be around .2 of an inch.  Winds from the East during the day began to come from the S-SE around 7pm last night as well as the cloud deck becoming thicker throughout the day.  Clouds variated through the day from mostly clear conditions in the morning, to partly cloudy in the afternoon, to 100% cloud cover by 8pm. 

Overcast this morning, wind out of the N-NE at 10mph.  This change in wind direction from the E to the N-NE shows that there may be a shift in cloud cover throughout the day.  Other notable things with this wind direction notes that the front from last night has pushed through as well.  Temperature of 50F at 9:04AM today, with a high expected to be around 61F.  Winds are expected to stay moderate at 10 to 15MPH.  Barometric pressure is on the rise in the last 5 hours as illustrated by the weather briefing this morning given in class.

Today we also worked on Assignment 5 in ArcMap 10 today.  We created a number of rasterized images and maps with the weather data that we collected on 3/27/2012.  Here's what they look like...

Weather observed at Phillips Hall, UW-Eau Claire 54701