Last Night's Moon
Last night I saw the moon through the altostratus clouds, and I thought it might make an interesting photograph. The one thing I was unable to include in the field of view was the ring around the moon. It covered over half the sky, and it was impossible to include the moon and any part of the ring. That is usually an harbinger of foul weather on the way. We have not had any of that yet, but the longer it takes to get here the longer it will remain with us. Today we had some mixed sun and clouds as the La Crosse and remote weather stations forecast. The barometric pressure has continued to fall slowly, although, as you can see from the sunset photo of this evening there are very few clouds in evidence. The high temperature was quite a surprise reaching just over 40°F this afternoon. N.O.A.A. had predicted no precipitation, and the cloud cover falling to around 55%. I think it was a bit less than that.
For the overnight the N.W.S. again forecasts no precipitation, and the cloud cover dissipating until around 04:00 hours tomorrow morning (43%/39%/35%/63%). The NEXRAD regional radar shows the start of a storm at the far western edge of the reporting area. The Weather Underground model forecast maps still indicate a significant storm moving our way for late Monday into Tuesday. It does not appear to be snow however, but that could change depending on the temperatures at that time. We are due, no overdue, for some significant snowfall.
My Weather Stick is expressionless again as a result of the 61% relative humidity. The sunset was the type that the sailors look for when headed out to sea.

Sunset This Evening Sailors Delight!
My La Crosse Weather Station recorded a high temperature of 40.8°F, falling barometric pressure and foul weather in our future. My Min/Max Thermometer recorded 39.6°F for the high and it also sees foul weather with falling barometric pressure. The remote weather station recorded 36.0°F as the high in the barn, and it forecasts fair skies with steady barometric pressure. I have quite a bit to pick from here, but I suspect we will see clouds moving in overnight with no precipitation, and temperatures once again in the mid to upper twenties. The clouds may hold the heat in at least a little bit.
High Temperature (°F): 40.8
Current Temperature (°F): 33.9
Relative Humidity (%): 60%
Dew Point (°F): 21.5
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.14
Wind Direction: South Southwest
Wind Speed (mph): 1.3
Wind-Chill (°F): 33.9
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Mostly Fair
Cloud Type: Cirrus
Weather Stick: Straight
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:20°F/14.9°F//31°F/30.0°F//38°F/40.2°F//36°F/39.0°F
Relative Humidity: 71%/75%//56%/70%//46%/53%//50%/54%
The N.W.S. had the temperature forecast correctly at all four of the forecast points today. (The 07:00 hour point was right if you round up to 15°F. The relative humidity was forecast correctly at the start and end of the day, but was incorrectly forecast for the middle two periods. This was neither good nor bad, it was just sort of there.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 32°F/30°F/29°F/28°F
Relative Humidity: 60%/63%/69%/76%

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