Weather Conditions for the week of 4/4/2011 and predictions for this weekend.

This week has been beautiful. Everyday since Monday has shown a warming trend, and it is finally getting into the lower 60's. There have been a couple cloudy days, but mainly zero to 5% cloud coverage with cirrostratus or simply cirrus clouds.

Today (Saturday) there is 100% cloud coverage with what look like simply stratus clouds at the moment. I have a feeling this weekend is going to get incredibly eventful for our area tonight and into tomorrow though, so it will be interesting to see how the clouds change from tonight into tomorrow. The temperature today is 52 degrees with a high of 63. The barometric pressure is at 29.86 Hg and it is falling slowly, which shows that a low pressure system is moving in.

Tonight NOAA is predicting severe thunderstorms in our area, but even more severe isolated storms in our area for tomorrow. 

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - www.weather.com

If we look at the current surface map, we can see a low pressure system to the southwest, which is headed our way. This matches up with the current wind direction which is SSE at 8mph. I'll update again later in the day to look at how the surface map is changing and to see if my predictions are correct. What this basically means though, is that overnight and all day tomorrow we are in for a lot of strong thunderstorms, with a possibility of strong winds, hail, and even tornadoes.