Snow Day

I awoke this morning to discover that it was snowing, and the layer of snow on my car indicated that it had been snowing for at least a little while.  It snowed throughout the day, and I figured that we received at least a few inches of snow.  The Weather Channel has a current estimation of roughly 5 inches.

As the day progressed, I became more and more obsessed with a topic briefly discussed during class last week.  The topic I'm referring to is identifying where we are in relation to the center of the storm by studying the wind direction.  If I recall the information correctly, the center of the storm (low-pressure system) would be past Eau Claire when the wind changed from northeast to northwest/west.  I looked at the wind direction multiple times throughout the day (both inside and outside of Phillips), but I couldn't really make a definite determination.  According to The Weather Channel, the wind is still coming out of the northeast at 10 miles/hour.

I predict that a light snowfall will continue into the night and end early tomorrow morning.  Temperature and wind strength will be very similar to today.

Surface map for the Midwest region.  The counterclockwise pattern
indicates the center of the low-pressure system (I think).