A good day to fly a kite

Current Conditions:

Temperature: 42º F
Wind chill: 38º F
Wind: 7 MPH W
Dew Point: 32º F
Precipitation: None
Pressure: 1005.0 mb

Today was absolutely beautiful and warm! It has been the hottest so far this year with a high above 50º. A bunch of the snow has melted now and so has the ice. The temperatures will temporarily drop over the next two days and then start to rise again. This drop could potentially bring large sheets of ice to form from the melted snow, however it stays warm enough so that doesn't happen. The image below shows the converging warm and cold airs where precipitation will most likely occur. This area of contact is conveniently over the Midwest. Today we experienced cirrus clouds because they were high in the atmosphere and sheared.

Image 1: The image above from accuweather shows what is happening over the next few days in a simplified form. The jet is dipping over the west coast and driving northward. With it, cold airs are descending and causing precipitation to fall where the hot and cold airs are mixing.

Image 2: The image above provided by UNISYS shows pressure domes, isobar lines, radar data, and fronts. There is a massive cold front descending from the North which is cooling the entire northern portion of the counry.

Image 3: The image above shows the cloud cover, wind direction and wind speed. Wisconsin has mostly clear skies and winds from the west.

Image 4: This image is the sounding from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The sounding shows several forms of data that all give an accurate measure of the weather.

I project that tomorrow will be much colder than today because of the cold front that has gone over our region. The temperatures should be in the 30's with a lot of cloud cover. We should continue to experience slight melting of the snow as well. Wednesday will be the coldest day of the week as the last bits of the low pressure dome and cold front breeze past us. Expect a decent day tomorrow and don't forget your boots.