The clouds of yesterday and this morning have almost completely dissipated. This is resulting in the temperate falling into the low twenties already. These may not be the lowest temperatures of December but they may get close. According to N.O.A.A. the cloud cover was supposed to get down to about 78%. I think it may have gotten significantly lower than that.
For the overnight there is no precipitation predicted. The cloud cover is forecast to remain in the mid to upper 70% range. The Weather Underground model forecasts maps also indicate no storms in the immediate future. There are only a few spurious echoes showing up on the regional NEXRAD radar.
Once again, with the relative humidity at 73%, my Weather Stick points only slightly down. All three of my electronic instruments forecast improving barometric pressure. The remote weather station is the only instrument forecasting partly cloudy skies. I think, based on the data that I see, that the skies will continue to clear, the temperature continue to fall for a return to more seasonable weather.
High Temperature (°F): 33.6
Current Temperature (°F): 21.0
Relative Humidity: 73%
Dew Point (°F): 13.6
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.85
Wind Direction: West Northwest
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind Chill (°F): 21.0
Precipitation: None
Amount (inches): 0.00
Sky-PM: Partly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Nimbostratus
Weather Stick: Slightly Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature: 26°F/30°F//32°F/31°F//39°F/33°F//37°F/26°F.
Relative Humidity: 92%/82%//63%/71%//44%/66%//44%/66%.
Overall N.O.A.A. did not do as good a job on both the temperature and relative humidity forecasts for today. The data just did not match up.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 29°F/25°F/22°F/19°F.
Relative Humidity: 58%/62%/62%/70%

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