Observations Friday April 13th

Kinda spooky looking weather on a day known for having eerie things occur on it.  Windy, 12-16MPH SE-E. Low pressure located to our east as seen in the picture below from the NOAA

As you can see from the map an occluded front is just to our west as of 5PM CST.  This leads me to believe there there is probably some heavy precipitation associated with this front.  Some of the heaviest storms are located between the wishbone looking gap of warm and cold front seen in the Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.  This is where the mixing of cold and warm air masses can create intense weather conditions especially if one of these air masses is carrying considerable moisture. 

I know I mentioned wind earlier but it has been increasing throughout the day.  When I walked to class this morning the winds must have been less than 10MPH or so, and now at 5PM they're blowing a consistent 15MPH and gusting over 20MPH.  Cloud cover also increased from this time period from 60% to 100%.  High level stratocumulus observed overhead.  Stratus clouds in the distance with kinda puffy gnarls and curls in them which was somewhat odd.  They definitely looked scary and with the wind blowing the way it is I would not be surprised if the worst is brewing just to our southwest. 

Temperature at 5:10pm was 56F, with lows expected to drop to 50F or just below.  Temperatures are expected to be near 70F tomorrow so this could potentially bring some thunderstorms into the area if conditions are right.  We shall see...

Observed Eau Claire, WI 54703