Heat Wave: Day 3

Tuesday Feb 15, 2011

I missed a day in my weather blog, but never fear I will recap the previous two days and provide an outlook for tomorrow's temps. We have seen quite the "warm" temps over the past three days. With high pressure systems on both sides of us and a zonal jet stream which has let us escape from the cooler winds from the north. Temps topped out at 41 degrees Monday with winds coming from the West at about 5-10 miles per hour. I saw some higher level cumulus clouds later in the day which helped keep some of that warmer air trapped in.  Today was a bit chillier to start off but it warmed up as the day progressed. Temps reached 36 degrees today with winds coming from the Southwest off of the high pressure system over Michigan. There was pretty minimal cloud cover when I got out of class at 3, a few stratus clouds were hanging around in the sky. I think we should see warmer temps into tomorrow due to a higher level of cloud cover that is visible on the satellite moving across the Dakotas. I expect winds should be coming from the South east as that high pressure system continues to move Eastward.