This is the third year in a row that we have had a great deal of foul weather in May. I certainly hope that this is not becoming a trend. I noted on one of the Weather segments on the news that today we had the record lowest high temperature ever for this date. Global Warming?? The inconvenient truth is that we are again much colder than normal for this time of year. I guess it just depends on where you are if you are experiencing that phenomenon. Weather is cyclical, and we are in that type of cycle where the temperature is getting warmer. England used to make better wine than France, but now it is too cold in England to grow good wine grapes. N.O.A.A. did get the predominant weather right for today, as did I.
For the overnight N.O.A.A. forecasts cool temperatures, rain, 100% cloud cover and high relative humidity. That should make all of us feel quite uncomfortable. The NEXRAD radar still shows a significant amount of rainfall moving in our direction from southern New England, and the Weather Underground model forecast maps are showing the same thing. We are rapidly catching up on the amount of rain we had last year, and that is not good.
My Weather Stick, surprise of surprises, points down, trying to make a complete circle with the relative humidity at 90%. Two of the three electronic instruments are forecasting partly cloudy skies with falling barometric pressure. The Weather Station Console forecasts foul weather with falling barometric pressure as well. At least it is not a storm alert. That forecast that I heard earlier says that this weather may not break until Tuesday, and that makes one whole week of this type of weather. Is anyone else getting tired of it.
High Temperature (°F): 41.3
Current Temperature (°F): 39.7
Relative Humidity (%): 90%
Dew Point (°F): 37.0
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.09
Wind Direction: None
Wind Speed (mph): 0.00
Wind Chill (°F): 39.7
Precipitation (Type): Rain
Amount (inches): 0.29
Sky-PM: Overcast
Cloud Type: Stratus
Weather Stick: Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature: 38°F/40.2°F//43°F/39.0°F//48°F/39.9°F//50°F/41.3°F
Relative Humidity: 85%/86%//76%/88%//68%/88%//63%/57%.
N.O..A.A. did not do very well predicting the temperature today with the exception of the morning data. It just did not get as warm as they expected it to. Except for the 08:00 hours reading they did miss the relative humidity that was recorded as well as the direction it was moving.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature:46°F/43°F/40°F/39°F
Relative Humidity: 73%/86%/96%/100%

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