Weather Update 2/24/24

With another 12+ inches of snow on the ground, this winter has officially entered into the Tyson Zone. (Scroll all the way down, its the second to the last email)  Anointing this winter into Tyson Zone lore is a quite a rare, but after having to walk through almost a month's total of days with negative weather to class, I feel I have the experience to do what I please.  I actually spent extra time looking up the statistics on that assumption.  Surprisingly, I was actually right, and real life statistics reveal our fair city of Eau Claire Wisconsin has for the past 5 weeks had an AVERAGE temperature of -4.2 degrees. (that's the average low temp but I walked to class before 9am) Also, you would probably find it interesting that before last weeks brief tease of warm weather (yay 30 degrees!!) the warmest average weekly temperature dating all the way back to January 19th was -7, our coldest from that span was a balmy -11 (Double Effin Digits!).  Walking to class almost felt like riding over the rockies on a moped. It was common practice to arrive at my early morning class, de-ice and remove my jacket before exclaiming, "WE'RE THERE" 

Thats all the complaining I have the energy to type, so now on to the actual weather update!

The current national radar shows the ever-present light blue blotches over the midwest, signifying snow if you haven't been paying attention to the past few maps.  The rainy season seems to be in full swing out on the northwest coast, with showers forming off the pacific and moving inland daily.  I believe this is the price they pay for winning the super bowl with the "best" fans and being obsessively annoying about it. SERIOUSLY SEATTLE IT"S F***KING ENOUGH ALREADY.  YOU DID NOT ACTUALLY HELP OUT ON THE FIELD. I totally lied about complaining, but moving on...

Current Surface analysis shows cloud cover forming along the stationary front moving above the Mountain West.  The high pressure system hovering over Montana looks to keep the clear skies we saw today a constant over the next 24 hours.  The absence of cloud cover tomorrow will keep temperatures low and the certainty that you will not be able to see for the first 5 minutes after entering a building.

The jet stream forecast shows moderately high speeds over much of the midwest.  After last weeks dip into the warm southern winds, the jet stream returns to being fed from the frigid Canadian arctic north.  You would think we would at least catch a break from the Canadians after the recent ice hockey competitions in Sochi, but it seems our ability to catch a break is equal to THIS DOG'S ability of catching its toy.