May 4, 2014

Today pressure has risen almost 6 mb to 1016 mb. The center of this high is over Superior and appears to be moving southeast. Water vapor is very present over Wisconsin and Minnesota, and Northern Minnesota is currently seeing some scattered showers and even some snow. Winds are out of the southeast at 7 mph currently. Temperature is 53 F and dew point is 24 F. This difference between temperature and dew point is a lot larger than this past week. The sounding diagram shows very stable conditions with an LI of 16, a KI of 6, and a condensation level at 721 m in the atmosphere. As the heat from the southern plains continues pressing north the jet stream will also be pushing north. Here's a diagram of the early week pattern this week.