This has been, without a doubt, a marvelous string of weather events. It has been cool, but not so cool that one could not be outdoors. The sun has been bright, but there have been enough clouds to keep from being scorched. I got this load of wood done in 4 and a half days. Now I have almost finished trimming my fence-line so I can let the critters out to have at the lower pasture without getting into what is left of the garden or out into the woods. They have been doing quite a job on the other side of the fence, but that should cease. My next task, once the fence-line is clear is to get into the garden and see what has survived the goats and the weeds. I may actually have some vegetables that can be harvested other than tomatoes and lettuce. Needless to say the National Weather Service got this one right, both in terms of the predominant weather and the cloud cover. We had minimal cirrus clouds off and on during the day.
Overnight the N.O.A.A. prediction for Wilton Maine is for no precipitation for the first half of the period followed by fog. The cloud cover is expected to be quite low (3%/2%/5%/5%), so there should be considerable radiational cooling, at least during the first half of the period. The NEXRAD radar continues to show the storms going to our south, and that is all right with me for now. The Weather Underground also indicates the storms will continue to move off south of us for at least one more day.
My Weather Stick has a slight smile, and with 71% relative humidity I am smiling too. For a change my Weather Station disagrees with my other electronic instruments calling for a mix of fair and cloudy skies with falling barometric pressure. The other two electronic instruments are calling for fair skies and rising barometric pressure. I like that, and would suggest that we will have mostly fair skies with lots of starlight and moonshine.
High Temperature (°F): 76.8
Current Temperature (°F): 55.7
Relative Humidity (%): 71%
Dew Point (°F): 46.5
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.26
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): N/A
Precipitation (Type): Dry
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Clear
Cloud Type: None
Weather Stick: Slightly Up
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:48°F/55.9°F//59°F/62.9°F//70°F/75.0°F//72°F/76.6°F
Relative Humidity: 83%/83%//55%/63%//38%/46%//37%/45%
The N.W.S missed the actual temperature at 08:00 and 11:00 hours, but they got the afternoon temperatures correct. The only relative humidity forecast they had correct was at 08:00 hours. This was truly a poor showing for the prognosticators at the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 61°F/53°F/48°F/45°F
Relative Humidity: 58%/77%/86%/93%

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