Tuesday's Weather

Current Conditions

Temp: 60°F
Wind: 6 mph NE Gust NE 24 mph
Dew Point: 24°F
Humidity: 25%
Pressure: 30.00"

Last night a rather powerful yet small thunderstorm rolled throughout Eau Claire at about 2 am. It left .22 in of rain as well as some hail that probably woke just about everyone up.  Thunder and lightning was also prevalent while the storm lasted, however it moved through pretty quickly. This morning was cool and damp humidity was around 80% at 8am due to the cold air and the high amount of water vapor contained in the front.  Stratus clouds covered the sky till about 2 or 3 this after noon. Then the sun began to shine as higher pressure moved in from the west, and pushed out the storm system.  Clear skies and mild temperatures looks like they will stick around for a while.

As we were drying up from last night's rain a texas size storm swept through the dallas area. At least 3 tornados have been reported in the Dallas - Ft. Worth area. A tornado emergency has been called for in dallas, two large paths of destruction have been reported. semis were picked up and thrown, roofs were ripped off houses, and gold ball size hail as well and intense lightning was reported.  However one of the most interesting things about this storm is that is was live blogged.  I was able to read up to the minute tweets of the events, and see pictures and videos of tornados as they were happening. Apparently thats will happen when such a large storm hits such a populated area.