The sunny cumulus humilis skies of yesterday morphed into stratocumulus skies today, bringing us a gray day. Above, you can see the transition starting from cumulus humilis to stratocumulus. Although the gray waves in the sky today looked threatening, don't worry, stratocumulus clouds are not "bad weather" clouds.
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| Clear weather in Eau Claire courtesy of a High pressure system. |
Currently in Eau Claire, conditions are overcast with a 35 degree F temperature and no wind. The barometric pressure reading is 30.25 inches of mercury and holding steady. The dew point is 22 degrees F and the relative humidity is at 65%.
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| no threat for winter weather any time soon |
Tonight, we will see a slight clearing of cloud and a drop in temperature to around 19 degrees F. Winds should remain relatively calm, only reaching gusts of 5 mph. As the clouds break a bit tonight, you may be able to catch a glimpse of the full moon.
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| cool, calm, and collected |
Looking to the future of the week, we will finally see some warmer temperatures as an upper trough slowly creeps out to the east. The exit of this trough will mean that mild weather will take its place. It has certainly been a strange start to 2013. So much for "boring February." We are about to see the mildest weather in Wisconsin since January...that seems weird to say, doesn't it?
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| trough exiting our area and moving slowly eastward, bringing mild conditions |
Throughout the week, expect mildly cloudy mornings with sunnier afternoons. And, brace yourselves for this one, we will finally see 40 degree F temperatures by the end of the week! By the weekend, we will finally have a chance of rain precipitation instead of snow, so pack your umbrellas for your Easter egg hunts. At the initial onset of the precipitation, we may see a bit of wet snow, but this will turn to rain soon after. We are currently looking at a 70% chance that this precipitation will happen, so just keep tabs on the forecast as we get closer to the holiday weekend.
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