We did have a red sky this morning, and we did have a downpour, gulley washer, frog chocker of a thunderstorm starting around 16:20 this afternoon. I did well to get and put into the hay mow my second load of hay (now 96 bales in house). Two more loads should do it. That thunderstorm, by the way had the heaviest hourly rainfall this month (1.36 inches/hour). That also takes our rainfall total for the month to over 4.1 inches. That is significant. I understand there are areas of Wilton and Farmington that had half inch diameter hail from this storm, but we, near Pease Pond in Wilton, Maine, did not have any of that.
For the overnight, N.O.A.A. predicts rain for the first half followed by light scattered showers for the second half. Right now, 23:00 hours, it is still raining. The line of storms on the NEXRAD radar is still sinking south as it moves east, and it is doing so slowly. That is what is predicted on the Weather Underground model forecast maps. They also predict that the rain should stop completely, and the storms move out of our area by around midnight.
My Weather Stick is frowning. Let us see, 91% relative humidity, frowning, hmmmm. I guess that is a no-brainer. There is some confusion among my electronic instruments. My Weather Station sees rising barometric pressure with fair skies. Both the Min/Max Thermometer and my remote weather station forecast partly cloudy skies with rising barometric pressure. I guess that also is a no-brainer. Cooler weather should follow these storms.
High Temperature (°F): 91.0
Current Temperature (°F): 64.7
Relative Humidity (%): 91%
Dew Point (°F): 62.1
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.03
Wind Direction: East Northeast
Wind Speed (mph): 2.6
Wind-Chill (°F): N/A
Precipitation (Type): Rain
Amount (Inches): 1.36
Cloud Cover (PM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Cumulonimbus
Weather Stick: Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:62°F/63.3°F//74°F/77.1°F//79°F/89.2°F//78°F/65.4°F
Relative Humidity: 96%/88%//76%/64%//63%/54%//71%/84%
The N.W.S had the forecast temperature within five degrees of the actual temperature in Wilton, Maine for all three of the four periods today. I guess the thunderstorm caught them off guard. They could not manage to get one of the relative humidity readings correct. Once again they did not do a good job with this parameter. No kudos here.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 70°F/64°F/61°F/59°F
Relative Humidity: 90%/87%/87%/90%

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