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Welcome to my weather blog. Throughout the semester, I will be making daily updates (including corresponding photos and/or videos) about the weather occurring in the Eau Claire area. In addition, many photos and videos illustrating weather from other parts of the world that I find interesting will be included.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Another Day in the Grip of a High-Pressure System

I feel like I'm starting to sound like a broken record because yet again, not much concerning the weather has changed since yesterday.  The continental polar air mass is still here, as is the high-pressure system to our southwest. This high pressure has led to a consistent southwest wind bringing in warmer air, which has gradually increased the temperature over the last couple of days.

As I walked into school early this morning, the sky was almost entirely clear and blue to the south.  Most of the sky to the north was covered in a combination of altostratus and cirrus clouds.  Overall, I estimate the cloud cover wasn't over 25% early this morning.  However, that changed to nearly 100% by this afternoon.

On my walk home, the cloud cover had drastically decreased.  I made a point to look at the flag on top of Schofield, and that was barely waving at the time (if at all).  The temperature was fairly warm.

I predict that tomorrow will be even warmer than today.  A warm front (shown in the first map below) has developed to our west, which contains a mass of warmer air behind it.  In addition, a cold front has also developed to our northwest.  Thus, there will more than likely be some dynamic changes in the near future.  The second map (below) shows a concentration of water vapor farther west.  This cold front and concentration of water vapor could lead to some snow late tomorrow or Sunday.

Current surface map from The Weather Channel.  A warm front
has developed to the west and a cold front to the northwest.

Infrared satellite image from Unisys.  Concentration of water vapor
in the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming.

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