The following photo was taken at sunset here in Wilton, Maine. Under ordinary circumstances I would suggest that this red sky would be the harbinger of a great day tomorrow. As you will see that is not the case
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Red sky At Night Sailors Delight? The Forecast Is For Rain tomorrow!
For today N.O.A.A. had the predominant weather correct. We had no rain, but the clouds remained fairly constant until late this afternoon. Not only that, but it got warm. We had quite a bit of wind, and that came out of the southeast bringing us the warm air.
For tonight the N.W.S. starts us out with light scattered showers turning to heavier and steadier precipitation around midnight. That will continue into the morning hours along with the heavier cloud cover (80%/90%/100%/100%). There a re some light showers well scattered showing up on the NEXRAD regional radar. They do not have the look of the heavy rain that is predicted. The Weather Underground model forecast maps still claim that the storm will form and move though Maine, including Wilton, leaving us with s significant amount of rainfall tomorrow.
My Weather Stick at 19:00 hours was straight responding to the 71% relative humidity at that time. That, by the way, is where the data is from this evening/ I think we will start small with our precipitation, and things will develop from there into a significant storm that we will need to deal with tomorrow. My Weather Station had a high temperature of 56.3°F, and it is calling for the barometric pressure to fall (as are the other two electronic instruments) and rain to develop. My Min/Max Thermometer had a high temperature of 51.3°F and the remote weather station stayed on line long enough to give us the high temperature in the barn of 50.5°F. I think we will, and I repeat myself, looking at a significant precipitation event with the chance of some snow at the end of it.
High Temperature (°F): /b>56.3
Current Temperature (°F): /b>48.0
Relative Humidity (%): /b>71%
Dew Point (°F): /b>39.0
Heat Index (°F): /b>N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): /b>29.76
Wind Direction: /b>South Southeast
Wind Speed (mph): /b>7.3
Wind-Chill (°F): /b>41.7
Precipitation (Type): /b>None
Amount (Inches): /b>0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): /b>Mostly Cloudy
Cloud Type: /b>Cirrus
Weather Stick: /b>Straight
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:26°F/29.6°F//43°F/39.9°F//53°F/53.4°F//51°F/50.5°F
Relative Humidity: 96%/85%//60%/78%//44%/50%//40%/62%
The N.W.S. correctly forecast the temperature for all four of the points today. They missed all four of the actual relative humidity readings today. There may have been too much moisture on that southeast wind from over the ocean south of us. I do not know, but that is my guess.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 44°F/47°F/45°F/44°F
Relative Humidity: 71%/79%/92%/1000%