May 5, 2014 - 12:15 P.M.

Current Weather Conditions

Temperature: 53° F

Feels Like: 49° F

Wind: SE at 12 mph 

Barometric Pressure: 1017.3 mb

Relative Humidity: 47%

Dew Point: 32° F

Figure 1 - Surface conditions map of the US.

Winds from the southeast many times show there will be poor weather in the near future. In this case, however, those southeast winds are not caused by a low pressure system to our south but instead by a high pressure system to our north (Figure 1). The clouds will probably clear up for the most part during this afternoon thanks to that increase in pressure.

Figure 2 - Jet stream above the US.

As I guessed last week, we wouldn't see a rise in temperatures until that jet stream straightened out. As you can see in figure 2, it has. We are no longer in a trough here in Wisconsin, so we are getting slightly warmer temperatures than the low 40s we had last week.

It looks like there is a pretty good chance for thunderstorms starting Tuesday night and lasting the rest of the week. I'd look for a drop in pressure starting tomorrow afternoon. I'm guessing that stationary front out west will eventually starting pushing east, bringing low pressure with it. The Dakotas and Minnesota will probably be getting some rain or storms tonight and tomorrow as that low pressure travels east.