Thursday, March 6, 2014

Warm air rising

Current Conditions 12:30 PM
Temperature - 22°F   
Feels Like - 14°F   
Dew point - 14°F   
Relative humidity - 71%  
Wind direction - S
Wind speed - 6 mph   
Barometric pressure - 1014.0 mb and rising
Sky conditions - Partly Cloudy

Current conditions courtesy of NOAA

The day started off with altostratus clouds providing a blanket of warmth which kept in most of the infrared radiation from the sun. As the day went on the clouds parted allowing cirrus fibratus clouds to dominate. These clouds indicate that there is a high amount of moisture in the upper atmosphere which makes sense considering the winds we experienced earlier in the day. Today we had southern winds that came from a high pressure system to the East. These winds are cold but on the surface we didn't feel it as much because of the cloud cover early in the day. 

Above is a surface map forecast for today from NOAA. Their prediction was off thinking that we would get rain in Midwest Wisconsin but it was very correct with the severe thunderstorms in Florida. For tomorrow I predict that the stationary front over the great plains moves west and brings more high winds but no moisture. Don't be worried if temps drop a little due to the winds, they should shoot back up by the beginning of next week.


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