Typical view looking east from our house

Sunday, 2:05 pm: Today is a blustery and cool day: A day to keep our woodstove chugging along. The day is unremarkable and it is enough to type something thoughtful and well-prepared, which I seem to be missing the mark by a mile in today’s weather blog. The winds aloft seem to be much faster than here on the ground. The clouds are flying by.

Last night was clear and I was attempting to view Comet Swift in northwest horizon just after sunset. The heavy growth of nearby trees obscured any chance of viewing it. Being one never to persevere too long, I called it quits and came inside and listened to my CDs [I am into 1970s punk rock this week]. Luckily I have some great photographs of Comet Hale-Bopp I took sometime in the 1990s. I fancy myself a “fair weather” amateur astronomer, but doing any sort of amateur astronomy can only be done in fair weather. Those pesky clouds!

I’ve gone through my mental gymnastics for today, hey I am middle-aged, and my caffeine level is dropping like a rock. I better go before any sort of keyboard sensibility vanishes completely. It’s time for espresso.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 49° (F.)

Barometer: 29.76 & rising slowly

Humidity: 44%

Wind: SW at 6 mph breezy

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: 100% overcast

Since midnight:

Low temp: 29° (F.) at 1:32 am

High wind: 17 mph at 11:16 am