Tuesday May 12th, 2015, 6:30 pm
Temperature: 54 F
Feels like: 54 F
Wind: NW 12 mph
Humidity: 47%
Pressure: 30.20 in

This morning started off with sideways rain. With the wind coming out of the northwest gusting into the 20 mph range, it drove the rain to come down sideways. Although there wasn't many large droplets, there was more of a misting occurring. As the precipitation stopped early in the afternoon, the nimbostratus and stratus clouds remained all day. We didn't see any sun until later in the afternoon as it peaked through for some brief moments. The temperature dropped even more then yesterday as expected as the winds now have shifted out of the northwest. These will gradually begin to climb back into the 70's by the weekend. The humidity has also dropped by 20% since yesterday and we have seen the pressure increase very little.

 Above is the current surface data for the midwest. You can see how a cold front has moved down from Canada with the northwest winds. This will move out of the area by tomorrow allowing for Wisconsin to warm back up. You can also see a stationary out to the west. As this moves into the area over the weekend it will bring precipitation and warmer weather.

 This is the Stuve diagram from the Minneapolis weather station. You can see how the two lines crossed earlier today as the precipitation fell. Looking at the LI and KI indexes, the atmosphere is relatively stable.

 This is a diagram I found on accuweather.com. It talked about how the east coast can expect a cool down into the weekend. The main factor for this is the cold front that is over Wisconsin currently. This will continue to move towards the east coast, while we will be experiencing 70 degree weather, the east coast will be in 50's and 60's.

Another thing to look at as the weekend nears is the potential for severe weather on saturday. With warm temperatures, we can expect much of the plains to be hit with strong thunderstorms and much of the midwest. Although this graphic doesn't dhow much happening in Wisconsin over the weekend, it does show the southern half of Minnesota having the potential for thunderstorms.