Current Weather Conditions for Friday April 27th, 2012

Current Conditions
Temperature - 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit
Dew point - 19 degrees Fahrenheit
Relative humidity - 24%
Wind direction - SE (http://hint.fm/wind/index.html)
Wind speed - 6 mph, gusting up to 11 mph
Barometric pressure - 1030.11 g/kg
Cloud cover - clear

We have some really cool weather patterns to look at today in the United States. The Eau Claire area is not so exciting however so we will only spend a little time talking about it. I hope you all checked out the wind map today, if you had trouble viewing it I recommend that you use Google chrome as your browser. Notice the dry line running between the low pressure symbol on the border of Canada and the low pressure symbol over Wyoming. There is also a fair amount of rainfall being produced by the stationary front in the southern United States. What is most interesting about the weather today is the mid-latitude cyclone over Nebraska that is in its developing stage. As you can see in the image below.

My prediction for the course of this storm may differ slightly from what you have seen on the weather channel. As this system progresses I don't foresee the Eau Claire area receiving much rainfall if any at all, which differs from the weekend forecast on weather.com. What I think will likely happen in the mid-latitude cyclone will break off from the area where that dry line is currently. While the the mid-latitude cyclone is going to track towards Florida. A lot of forecasts predict showers in the Eau Claire area tomorrow due to the low pressure system below the dry line. However I predict it will just miss us and move across South West Wisconsin.