Monday, February 11, 2013

Slush puppies!

Today's walk to class was eventful!  Full of dodging large pools of slush while avoiding the slippery icy patches.  The wind I did notice was coming from the West as I walked to class with temperatures being mild.  Cloud cover was 100%.

A review of my previous forecast was pretty accurate.  The temperatures today were roughly the same as yesterday.


The current conditions as AccuWeather states, are:

Temperature: 27 degrees F
Wind: 18 mph coming from the West with gusts up to 27 mph
Real Feel: 10 degrees F
Dew point: 18 degrees F.
Cloud Cover: 100%
Precipitation: about 2 inches of snow was recieved.


Something I have always wondered about was the Dew point. 
 "Dew points indicate the amount moisture in the air. The higher the dew points, the higher the moisture content of the air at a given temperature. Dew point temperature is defined as the temperature to which the air would have to cool (at constant pressure and constant water vapor content) in order to reach saturation " (http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/sfcobs/dwp.rxml)

Here is today's current wind map from hint.fm,



My forecast for tomorrow will include similar weather as today with no snowfall because of the no snowfall west of us.   

US: Current Weather









Sunday, February 10, 2013

Freezing rain!

A review of the forecast from yesterday is in order.  My prediction was was not too far off, the precipitation did come around 1030 AM.  The rain did come down and then freeze as soon as it hit the ground making the surface extremely slippery.

The current conditions as AccuWeather states, are:

Temperature: 30 degrees F
Wind: 13 mph East
Real Feel: 16 degrees F
Dew point: 27 degrees
Cloud Cover: 100%
Precipitation: Freezing rain!

When I was outside, for a brief time, the wind was blowing pretty strong from the east and the weather was wet and cold.  The ground was just getting slippery as I was walking to my truck.

Here is a great satellite image of what is going on outside from Weather.com,


My forecast for later today will be a few inches of snow and then tonight some colder temperatures and then tomorrow we will see some more snow most lilkely and similar temps as today.
Midwest US: Doppler Radar 2100 Mile


Saturday, February 9, 2013

Power out in New England...midwest ok

My forecast for today was pretty accurate.  There is no snow as of yet and the temperatures are 25 degrees F. and the real temperature feels like 13 degrees.  I was however wrong about the cloud cover, there is a dense layer of cloud cover.

The current conditions are a temperature of 25 degrees F. and the wind blowing from the south at a rate of 15 mph.


This map from Weather.com shows a low pressure system moving toward Eau Claire.  This could bring some precipitation and more mild temperatures.

  

Friday, February 8, 2013

Not too interesting!

Currently the weather is 10 degrees with the high being 26 degrees F.  and a low of 8 degrees F.  The humidity is 81%.  This was found at Weather channel.com

When I was outside for a brief while going to work the weather was not too bad, the wind was blowing a little bit.  I would guess that the wind was blowing from the South.

My forecast for tomorrow will be similar temperatures that we saw today.  With the map on the bottom of this post, I do not see any snow tomorrow just some clouds in the sky and sunny.

This map shows the wind patterns that are occurring right now from hint.fm.

Here is a map from Weather.com 



Thursday, February 7, 2013

Boring day, nothing too exciting!

After the weather from the other day I am not surprised. However, my forecast was partially incorrect. The temperature stayed roughly the same with the current temperature being 26 degrees F.

AccuWeather states,
The temperature is 32 with a real feel of 24 degrees F.  The wind is blowing from the North at a rate of 8 mph.  The particiaption is at 35%.
When I went outside to walk home the weather was not too bad for a walk with a coat.  The wind seemed to blowing from the North, however, not too strong of winds.

Here is a map of current surface data from weather.com,




Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Some Snow today!

My forecast from the other day was not too far off, the temperature remained consistent and some flurries are occurring.  

Today's current conditions are 28 degrees F and feels like 24 degrees F.  The snow will continue for a tow to three hours and then dissipate.   Currently we have received .67 inches of snow and the wind is blowing SSE at a rate of 3 mph. (AccuWeather)

When I was outside the wind seemed to be blowing more from the South, at least where I was.  The snow accumulation is probably a bit lighter as well.      


My forecast for tonight will be about 1 to 2 more inches of snow and tomorrow will be a continuation of similar weather.  Some light snowfall and temperatures of around 20 to 30 degrees F.  

This map shows an interesting wind pattern occurring in North Dakota from Hint.fm


Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Best is yet to come!

Today, was not too bad for walking to classes...even for an 8 am class.   The wind seemed to be blowing softly and from the direction of the NW.  

From the Weather Channel,

Dew point 20 degrees and the temperature read 26 degrees F.  With the Wind blowing 5 mph coming from the West.  
My forecast for tomorrow will be based off the map shown from the Weather Channel at 11:00 am.  And the high pressure area will arrive soon coming from Canada.  Therefore the air temperature should remain similar to what it has been with a few flurries of snow.