Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Tuesday April 21, 2015, 8 pm
Temperature: 35 F
Feels like: 24 F
Wind: NNW 16 mph
Humidity: 68%
Pressure: 29.66 in

Today was a blast from the past as we saw snow flurries for most of the day. Although none of it was able to accumulate on the ground, we still saw multiple times that the entire sky was white from snow. The winds today were brisk out of the northwest as we are on the tail end of the low pressure system sitting over Michigan. We can expect much of the same for tomorrow with the temperatures remaining relatively the same and the winds staying out of the northwest as the low pressure system continues on its track towards the east coast.
This is the current radar for the Eau Claire area. You can see that there is spotty flurries all the way across and into the cities. These flurries will continue into the evening as temperatures continue to drop. These flurries are basically using the rest of the water vapor that is in the air currently and since there isn't any steady inflow of water vapor, these flurries will be spotty at most. 

This is the current surface look out for the midwest. You can see the low pressure system that is bringing this weather above Michigan currently. That is the center of the low pressure system as two others string there way towards the east coast. You can see a large stationary front making its way from the west into the area. Temperatures behind this stationary front will begin to warm up as we see it move through this weekend. 

This is the current wind direction and speeds. You can see how the winds over Wisconsin are swirling in a counter clockwise direction as it moves towards that low pressure system. These winds are moving fairly fast. There is also short waves moving through the Ohio area as these area also producing precipitation for that area. 

This is a picture showing how the picture above wind speeds are playing a factor for the wind chill for our area. With the precipitation and these strong winds we can expect temperatures to get pretty chilly tonight and potential for frost in the morning which wouldn't be good for the farmers as they just got crops onto the fields. 


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