Thursday March 5th, 2015, 4:30pm

Temperature: 11 F

Feels like: 3 F

Wind: WSW 10 mph

Humidity: 37%

Pressure: 30.51 in

Today started off as mostly sunny, with temperatures this morning being in the single digits. The wind started out of the northwest while we saw a shift in the afternoon hours to the south southwest. As the day continued on we saw more high atmosphere clouds roll into the area, but it remained mostly sunny out still. We can expect a major warm up over the weekend and into next week due to the warm air coming from the southwest. 

This is an image of the current surface area right now. As you can see there is a major warm front moving to the east that is currently over the Dakota's. With the winds coming from the southwest we can expect this warm up by tomorrow. 

This map shows the current wind speed and direction throughout the U.S. You can see stretching from Texas up to Minnesota that air is following this route. This will bring that warm air that we are expecting. To the west of Wisconsin you can see that the winds are traveling in an eastward direction, pulling along with it lots of water vapor that is fueling the snow in the east. 

This is a picture of the water vapor in the atmosphere. Stretching from Mexico, you can see all the water vapor that is being sucked to the east coast from the winds. This will fuel the snow storms on the east coast and cause for lots of precipitation.