Observations for Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Thursday was a much cooler day than what we had been experiencing throughout the week, as most of the day was overcast with light rain and cooler temperatures.  At 3 pm, the temperature was 71 degrees, but because of the overcast weather, it felt cooler and damper than that.  Winds at the time were blowing at about 4 mph from the north, which isn't too bad, and pressure was rising steadily, sitting at 1029.72 mb at the time.  Throughout the next few days, I would expect it to warm up a bit, but mostly I would expect it to clear up as a high pressure system looks to be making it's way towards us.

Observations for Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

It cooled down significantly on Wednesday due to the change in fronts that we experienced and the rain that came through, but that doesn't mean that it was not at all warm.  At 3 pm, the temperature was 71 degrees, with a dew point of 57 degrees and winds blowing from the southeast at 5 mph.  Clouds during the day were pretty strange, meaning that it was clear one hour, and then completely cloudy/raining the next.  The warm weather did not last into the next few days, and it would end up getting much cooler.

Observations for Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Tuesday was much warmer than Monday, as well as clearer, but it was beginning to feel quite a bit muggy, something that I envision to continue over the next few days.  At 3 pm, the temperature was 78 degrees, with clear skies and winds blowing from the east/southeast at 11 mph.  Like I stated earlier, it began to get really muggy out Tuesday, a trend that we will most likely see for the next couple of days until a cold front moves in to cool it down.

Observations for Friday, May 6th, 2011

Today was a mix of nice, clear skies and gloomy clouds.  It seemed as though at some points, it would be quite sunny and warm, and then the next minute, it would be cool, breezy and cloudy.  The temperature at the time of my observations was 57 degrees, and the barometric pressure was 1029.78 mb.  Winds were calm, and skies were mostly cloudy.  The clouds throughout the day made it really seem much cooler than what I would have expected.  If we take a look at the current conditions map below, we can see that the United States is pretty much completely littered with low pressure systems and quite a bit of interestingly spotty precipitation "pods."  I think that within the next two days we might experience some significant rainfall, due to the approaching low pressure system and the stationary/cold front that is looming just north of us.

Observations for Thursday, May 5th, 2011

It's been a pretty mild day outside today, it seems.  I haven't really gotten a chance to go outside and check things out on account of the fact that I've been sick with strep throat, but it has seemed to be really nice out for most of the day.  Looking out my window, I could see that there were quite a few cumulus clouds in the sky during the morning hours, but it seemed to clear up here and there to reveal nice and sunny skies.  The temperature at 3 pm was 50 degrees, much cooler than yesterday's temperature, which was around 62 at the same time.  The barometric pressure has also dropped throughout the day, though it is now steadying off at around 1029 mb.  Overall, it's been a pretty cloudy day, and I would expect that to continue.  I would think that we might get some rain tonight and possibly tomorrow.