Today turned out to be just what N.O.A.A. and I said it would be, cool, damp, dank, cloudy and wet day. The only warmth was inside our homes where there was food and fun. The precipitation finally stopped this evening, and the sky has started to clear. The temperature never did get out of the thirties.
For the overnight the N.W.S. continues to predict light scattered rain showers through 04:00 when the chance for rain is to decrease to none. The NEXRAD regional radar and Weather Underground model forecast maps already show the storm has moved into the Canadian Maritime provinces. That is a good place for it.
My Weather Stick is steadfastly frowning at the 92% relative humidity. All three of my electronic instruments forecast foul weather with falling barometric pressure. Right now the sky is clearing, the moon is shining and conditions seem to be improving. The high temperatures recorded by the La Crosse Weather Station, Min/Max Thermometer and remote weather station were 34.8°F, 35.5°F and36.3°F respectively. You may notice that this is being posted on the morning of the twenty-third. That is because I collected my data checked the web-sites and went to bed. I took a brief holiday. All the data is here though.
High Temperature (°F): 34.8
Current Temperature (°F): 32.7
Relative Humidity (%): 92%
Dew Point (°F): 30.6
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.63
Wind Direction: Southwest
Wind Speed (mph): 4.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 31.0
Precipitation (Type): Rain
Amount (Inches): 0.17
Cloud Cover (PM): Mostly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Cumulus
Weather Stick: Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:33°F/32.1°F//35°F/33.4°F//36°F/34.7°F//37°F/34.3°F
Relative Humidity: 100%/91%//96%/92%//92%/92%//81%/91%
The N.W.S. had the temperature forecast within 5°F at each of the 4 forecast points. Their forecast of the relative humidity was within 10% of the actual relative humidity recorded by my weather station. I guess that +/- 5% is too restrictive a tolerance for the relative humidity. We will try +/- 10% to see if they can come within those limits.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 35°F/34°F/31°F/29°F
Relative Humidity: 82%/78%/85%/76%

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