Weather Conditions for Saturday February 26th, 2011

More snow! Just what we need. Weather.com only predicted about .7 inches of snow for today, but I think most people are thinking enough is enough! The current temperature is 7 degrees, but the predicted high for today is 11 degrees. Currently the wind is coming from the SSW, at around 5 mph, but nothing stronger than that. There is currently 100% cloud coverage, with nimbostratus clouds, and it is snowing lightly, like it has been all day.

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

As you can see in this surface map, we are almost directly in the middle of a High Pressure system, which may be causing the arctic temperatures we have had today and yesterday. Since this snow system seems to be moving so fast, it may not be able to get as much moisture as it needs to build into something bigger, like we had last weekend. So most areas will probably only get less than an inch.

With the amount of snow we have had this winter, you would think that we would have some of the highest levels of snow in the country, but there are still other places that have gotten a lot more than we did.

Graphic Courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

As you can see in the above snow coverage map, Eau Claire is in the middle area when it comes to how much snow we have. Even though it is hard to imagine, there are still a lot of areas with a lot more snow than us! Let's just be glad we're not them. :)

Weather Conditions for Wednesday February 23rd, 2011

These past couple days have been very eventful, on Sunday there was a large snow storm, that lasted until Monday morning. Today, the temperature was a lot warmer... it is currently 31 degrees with a predicted low of 19 degrees overnight, and a 20% chance of precipitation. The current wind is coming from the SSW at 5 mph.

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

As you can see from the current surface map, our warm temperatures may be caused because of a low front moving into or area. The map also shows spots of fog in the Wisconsin area, which is probably Evaporation fog due to snow melting.

Weather Conditions for Monday, February 14th 2011

A beautiful day today in Eau Claire! The snow is melting, it is currently 31 degrees, with a low tonight of 24 degrees. There is hardly any wind, but what is there, seems to be coming from the south.

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/



As you can, temperatures are a lot higher than they have been the past couple days, and we can expect the same throughout the week. If it cools down at all, it shouldn't go any lower than 20 degrees or so.

Current Surface Map

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

Weather Conditions for Friday, February 12th 2011

Today it was warmer, no negative temperatures that I know of! Which is awesome! It is currently 1:32 am and the temp is 24 degrees, which is warmer than we've had all week it seems. We did get a few flurries today, and tomorrow weather.com is predicting more snow showers as well, with a high of 33 degrees, and an overnight low of 28 degrees. It's almost sweatshirt weather!

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

Weather Conditions for Thursday, February 10th 2011

It's still super cold out there! Even though today we had somewhat of a rise in temperatures (it's still currently a whopping -6 degrees). Today there was 0% cloud coverage, which could have had an influence on the colder temperatures, and there was also hardly any wind. What wind there was, was a WSW wind. Another reason (and probably the main reason) for the cold temperatures in our area is because we still have arctic air coming in from the jet stream. It is supposed to continue to get warmer after tomorrow though, with a high of 27 degrees, and even possible flurries! Tomorrow night's low is supposed to be aound 17 degrees.

Current map of the Jet Stream.

Graphic courtesy of Intellicast - http://www.intellicast.com/National/Wind/JetStream.aspx

Weather Conditions for Wednesday, February 9th 2011

If you looked out a window today, it may have seemed like a nice day, but you shouldn't let that fool you. The current temperature in Eau Claire is -8 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind chill of -20 degrees. The low temperatures stayed pretty consistent all day. Tonight the low will get down to -10 degrees, with WSW winds around 5 mph. Tomorrow temperatures should finally get out of the single digit zone, with a predicted high of 13 degrees, and a low of 4 degrees, along with a small chance of flurries. A SW wind tomorrow will greatly influence the temperature change. The current surface map of our area looks pretty uneventful, as shown below.

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

Weather Conditions for Thursday, February 3rd 2011

Today was much warmer than it was yesterday. Although the wind was fairly strong at 23 mph coming in from the SW. The low for tonight is going to be around 10 degrees Fahrenheit, with a 10% chance of precipitation. Over the weekend we might be seeing some snow starting tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow may go up to around 28 degrees with an overnight low of 22 degrees. A significant improvement compared to what we have had the last couple of days.

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

Weather Conditions for Wednesday, February 2nd 2011

Today it was mostly sunny and clear all day, and still very cold. The current temperature is 2 degrees fahrenheit and tonight it will probably go down to around -4 degrees. Tomorrow a SW wind should make things a little bit warmer, with a predicted high of 21 degrees, and a low of 6 degrees.

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/

Weather Conditions for Tuesday, February 1st 2011

Currently the temperature in Eau Claire is 13 degrees, and tonight the temperature should reach a low of 3 degrees. The wind has been moderate and is coming in from the north. It is fueling a mid-latitude cyclone to the south, which is going to greatly affect the southeastern part of the state tonight and tomorrow. It will continue to get colder here in Eau Claire. Tomorrow the predicted high is 9 degrees, while the low is -6 degrees, although it should be clear and partly sunny most of the day.

Graphic courtesy of The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/