This was an excellent day to be outside, and the goats were. I needed to have the two new ones disbudded, and that cost me almost 3 hours of beautiful time to work outside. N.O.A.A. said it was going to be a great day with very low cloud cover, and indeed it was.
For the overnight the N.W.S. is calling for no precipitation for the first half of the night and fog for the second half. That may make it difficult to see the lunar eclipse of the Corn Moon tomorrow morning. I am going to try to set up my video camcorder, and if it is not too foggy I will try to record it, then do some outtakes for pictures to submit. I have not tried this before, but I understand it can be done. The cloud cover is expected to increase slightly (0%/10%/20%/28%), but there does not seem to be any chance for precipitation overnight.
My Weather Stick is almost straight, but slightly down, responding to the 83% relative humidity. All three of the electronic instruments indicate rising barometric pressure and fair skies. Who am I to argue with all these indicators? I think we will have a good night, but fog in the morning. Sorry, for all those of you (including me) that wanted to see the Lunar Eclipse.
High Temperature (°F): 81.6
Current Temperature (°F): 60.0
Relative Humidity (%): 83%
Dew Point (°F): 54.9
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.19
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): N/A
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Clear
Cloud Type: None
Weather Stick: Slightly Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:60°F/58.1°F//73°F/68.5°F//78°F/80.4°F//76°F/81.6°F
Relative Humidity: 73%/92%//45%/68%//36%/54%//40%/47%
The N.W.S had the forecast temperature within five degrees of the actual temperature in Wilton, Maine for all of the four periods. They missed all four of the relative humidity data points recorded by my weather station.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 65°F/60°F/54°F/48°F
Relative Humidity: 58%/69%/83%/100%

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