4/19/12

Another gloomy day for the region. Today's forecast calls for a 80% chance of rain showers later in the day around 3pm as a low pressure system moves to our south and pumps up moisture from the south. Currently, the winds are from the NE at 5mph and the barometer is rising slowly at 30.5mb. The temperature is 45 degrees and is expected to not get much higher than that today. The low for tonight is expected to hover around freezing with winds switching to the NNE at 15mph. tomorrow looks quite nice with slightly below average temperatures and the rest of the weekend looks again, gloomy.

4/16/12

Its been a strange 24 hours of weather in the Eau Claire area. Yesterday it was 75 degrees with a dew point of 55 degrees with winds from the WSW at around 30 mph. As a low pressure system and stationary front moved into the area last night it brought with it lots of rain, strong winds and tornadoes in Minnesota. Today especially in the morning there was snow showers and the temperatures got up into the upper 30's. Tomorrow is going to be round average again with highs in the 60's, but then a chance of rain will be in the forecast for Wednesday again.  Very strange spring weather indeed.

4/14/12

Today's weather is above average again with temperatures reaching around 71 degrees with winds from the south west at 10mph. The sky was clear this morning but as the low pressure system approaches the region the clouds have been rolling in with cumulus congestus clouds and now some stratus clouds as well. To our south there is a high threat for very severe storms stretching from Nebraska to Texas with the likelihood of a devastating tornado outbreak tonight and tomorrow morning. There is a chance for severe weather here as well but the likelihood is much smaller. We will however be getting thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow and the amount of precipitation will be around an half inch.

4 feet of hail in Texas!

This story seemed very interesting.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0413/4-feet-of-hail-Massive-hail-storm-hits-Texas-panhandle

4/13/12

Today's weather was ominous and cloudy with highs only reaching 55 degrees. The dew point is quite high today and it has been raining/misting the entire afternoon with nimbostratus clouds dominating the sky. Tomorrows forecast calls for warmer weather to move in due to a warm front/low pressure system with highs reaching 73 degrees. The system will bring with it the possibility for severe weather tomorrow night and into Sunday morning as well. There is also the potential for tornadoes down south yet again due to this system.

4/12/12

Today appears to be an amazing day with highs in the upper 50's to low 60's. The skies are mostly sunny with only around 10 percent cloud cover and the winds are from the SSE at 5mph. Tonight's forecast is looking like bonfire weather tonight with lows dropping into the low 40's and the winds increasing to 10mph. It is unfortunate that I cant partake as I have been sick the entire week with a fever! A low pressure system and stationary front will be moving into the region bringing with it a chance for rain and then a warm up for the weekend. However come next week Tuesday the temperatures will drastically drop again to the low 40's as high temperatures. A real bummer!

4/10/12

Today is the last day of below average temperatures for the region with our high only getting up to 45 degrees today. There is a warm up expected starting tomorrow and into the rest of the week. There is a high pressure system sitting to our northwest currently and a low pressure system and stationary front sitting to our south. Tonight's low will be the coldest it has been since early march with a low of 25 degrees with a possible freeze warning in effect as well. The winds are from the NW still but are dying down from where they were a day ago at nearly 25 mph. The record high for this day was 80 degrees, however we have already set a record of 80 degrees back in mid march. It certainly has been a strange 2012 weather year so far!