Tuesday, April 23, 2013

A Look Ahead to the Weekend

Are you feeling the full effects of seasonal depression? Well, by this weekend, you should be able to put this dark, dismal period behind you. We are looking at a Saturday in the 60's and a Sunday that may even make its way into the 70's! Get ready to bust out your Hawaiian print, Eau Claire!

But why does it look like warmer temperatures will be approaching this weekend? We will finally be experiencing a few days in a row with high pressure. The high pressure system that will move into our area by the weekend will bring us fair weather and clear skies. (Do you remember what sun looks like? Don't get down on yourself if you don't. I am struggling to bring the image of a sunny sky into my memory as well.) But how do we know we will see more than one brief day of high pressure and fair weather? Well, we will finally be in a high pressure ridge. Most years, we would have been in a high pressure ridge for quite some time by this point in the year. This high pressure ridge will be a huge contrast from the troughs that we have been stuck in. This high pressure ridge will shift our winds to be out of the SW, bringing warmer air. We will now feel tropical air coming up, changing from cP to mT.

For the few lone souls out there mourning winter's demise, wait a few months. It's time for the rest of the seasons to get a shot at Wisconsin.

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