It is warm this morning. The fog did not develop, there is virtually no wind, and very little dew on the grass or vehicles. Usually the weather stick is pointed down in the morning, but this morning it is straight out. It seems that it points down in the morning depending on the amount of dew or precipitation there is. When it is dry it will point either straight out or up. When we have gone through a full year (next May) I will put together a small report on the results I get. My null hypothesis on this one is "A weather stick cannot accurately predict the weather". The criteria are "up" indicates good weather, "straight" indicates changeable weather and "down" indicates inclement weather.
Right now (06:20) the skies look like they are going to give us some rain. If it clears off before noon I will probably go for another bike ride. I have a goal of 1000 miles ridden before the end of the season, and right now I have just over 920 miles. It may well be close, since the season seems to be drawing to a rapid close.
In the past I have observed that this weekend (the weekend of the Common Ground Fair) we have our first frost. I will therefore try to harvest the peppers that are ripe, and cover the plants for the next few nights in an effort to keep them going a little longer. Remember that we still have Indian Summer, which is the first warm period after the first Black or Killing Frost. If we can nurse our plants through the frost we can frequently get a couple more weeks of production out of them. Then again sometimes we cannot. Once again, we will see what we will see.
Low Temperature: 61.0:
Barometric Pressure: 29.41 in. Hg
Relative Humidity: 68%
Heat Index: N/A
Dew Point: 49.8
Wind Direction: Light and Variable
Wind Speed (mph):0
Wind Chill: N/A
Precipitation: None
Amount: 0.00 inches

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