Current Weather Conditions for Wednesday February 15th, 2012

Can one ask for a more beautiful Wisconsin February day? Not really, that said I don't think clear skies and a high of 40 degrees Fahrenheit constitutes as tank top weather. I kid you not, I saw two girls on campus today wearing tank tops. Anyways, the clear skies we had earlier today have been replaced by relatively thick cover of altocumulus, altostratus, and cirrostratus clouds. Despite the cloud cover that has moved in, Eau Claire is still enjoying a nice 37 degree Fahrenheit temperature.

The surface data map is pretty interesting today. If you look at the direction of wind marked by the barbs, it indicates that the eastern half of Wisconsin has SE winds and the western half has W winds. In Eau Claire we currently have a W wind with a wind speed of about 5 mph. As we move into tonight we will continue to see these mild W winds and the temperature hit 23 degrees Fahrenheit. The flurries I was talking about last night are still very much a possibility. As for tomorrow we will also see the continuation of these W winds and cloudy skies. Expect another unseasonably warm day too. I project the high will be in the upper 30 degree Fahrenheit range.