More Than It Appears

On my walk to school this morning, the sky was mostly clear with a few cirrus clouds.  The temperature was fairly cold.  This was primarily due to the high-pressure system to our north causing a north wind.  Later on this morning, a few more clouds started moving in from the west.  The most evident clouds I seen were altocumulus undulatus.  I was going to get a picture of them, but they were already in the eastern part of the sky (preventing a good picture with the sun) by the time I was able to get outside.

On my walk home late this afternoon, the sky was overcast with some type of stratus cloud(s).  The temperature was fairly similar to this morning, but a little warmer.  Wind was still coming out of the north.  However, the wind is currently coming out of the ENE.  This makes sense since the high-pressure system is now to our ENE (Figure 1).

Based on the current path of the high-pressure system, the temperature should increase tomorrow due to a SE wind.  Cloud cover will be clear to scattered clouds.  Precipitation will be unlikely.  A light to moderate wind will be prevalent for most of the day.

Figure 1.  Current surface map from The Weather Channel.  High-
pressure system currently centered over the Lower Peninsula
of Michigan.