Thursday, February 28, 2013

Jeopardy in the clouds.


While walking to class the temperatures were mild and the wind was just blowing at low speeds what seemed to be coming from the behind me which would be the North.  The cloud cover was 100% with a majority of altostratus cloud cover.  the wind was blowing from the North so no storms would be coming anytime soon.  While watching Jeopardy I noticed that the cloud cover was a thick blanket covering the sky.

Here is the wind map for the day from hint.fm



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Temperature: 29 degrees F
Wind: 9 mph from the North
Real Feel: 20 degrees F
Dew point: 21 degrees F.
Cloud Cover: 100%
Precipitation:  none
Barometric Pressure: 30.06 and rising

The forecast that was posted yesterday was accurate.  The high pressure area is located over head and the temperatures are mild to colder in the area.  In store for the next few days are similar to today.  The high pressure area will be over us for a while.


The jet stream will bring some warmer temperatures to the area and the with the extreme curve in the jet stream the possibility for a storm could come in the next few days.    



The current water vapor content does not seem too amount to anything too substantial.  Some of the largest content is in the Western United States.


This surface data plot shows a great deal of information.  Similar to the wind map one can see the direction of the wind and whether or not precipitation is occurring.  This also shows the stationary front to the West of Eau Claire.