This Is Lucien

This Is Bellatrix
These are the result of last evening's activity in the barn. They are both very cute, not at all like their evil namesakes from the Harry Potter series.
Now, back to the important stuff, like the weather. Sometime I think we take ourselves a bit too seriously. For today we had a good one. There were some clouds, and if I had not been at the Board of Environmental Protection public hearing on Outdoor Wood Boilers I would have finished much. I had to go, and even though I did not get to speak I did get to hear Ed Miller of the Maine Chapter of the American Lung Association tell the gathering just how much they were against the use of Outdoor Wood Boilers. That is directly opposite to the e-mail he sent me claiming they were not "against" Outdoor Wood Boilers. With his statements of today I will never ride in the Trek Across Maine again, and I will fight him just as hard as he is fighting the use of Outdoor Wood Boiler. I believe the quote is as follows "When we give up a freedom to gain security, we gain neither, and will probably lose both." Ben Franklin. Just to note we did have quite a thunderstorm around 19:00 hours, but I had the animals come in before they got too wet. The sheep were the ones I wanted to stay dry, and they got the wettest.
For the overnight the N.W.S. starts out with no precipitation, but they forecast light scattered showers for most of the period. Their prediction of the cloud cover certainly indicates that is a possibility (83%/84%/58%/42%). The NEXRAD regional radar shows some showers are still out there, and could affect us. The Weather Underground model forecast maps still indicate some possibility of showers through the overnight.
My Weather Stick is smiling and when I went out at 19:00 hours the relative humidity was 70%. It did not stay there long, but has risen quickly into the mid-eighty percent range. All three of the electronic instruments finally agree calling for foul weather with falling barometric pressure. I think we could still have some more showers, although it is just as possible that Wilton, Maine has had what they are going to get right now. We will just have to wait and see in the morning.

High Temperature (°F): 83.1
Current Temperature (°F): 67.8
Relative Humidity (%): 83%
Dew Point (°F): 62.4
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.73
Wind Direction: Southwest
Wind Speed (mph): 1.7
Wind-Chill (°F): N/A
Precipitation (Type): Rain
Amount (Inches): 0.13
Cloud Cover (PM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Cumulonimbus
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:60°F/60.6°F//74°F/71.6°F//79°F/80.7°F//77°F/82.0°F
Relative Humidity: 75%/92%//50%/71%//45%/51%//52%/59%
The N.W.S had the temperature correct for all four forecast points today. They missed all the relative humidity forecast points by a considerable margin. On well, sometime you win, sometime you lose and sometime you get rained out. They have been getting rained out frequently lately.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 65°F/67°F/59°F/57°F
Relative Humidity: 87%/97%/91%/89%

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