N.O.A.A. forecast a day without precipitation, and they were right. They also forecast cold weather, well, it was colder than even they forecast. We did not crack twenty degrees let alone freezing. Hmmm, I guess this is what they mean by global warming. The sun did shine for part of the day for all the good it did, we certainly did not get much benefit from all that sunshine.
For the overnight the N.W.S. forecast no precipitation for the first half of the period with light snow moving in after that. The cloud cover forecast certainly supports that forecast (53%/71%/89%/94%). The NEXRAD composite regional radar is quite impressive with the depth and strength of the storm moving in our direction. Even the Weather Underground model forecast maps show a very impressive storm moving in. If we get this entire storm we will have a significant amount of snow added to our totals.
My Weather Stick is currently smiling just a little. That is in response to the 59% relative humidity. All three of my electronic weather instruments currently forecast rising barometric pressure with fair skies. I suspect that they are all on overload, because it just feels like snow outside. The La Crosse Weather Station recorded a high temperature of 18.1°F, the Min/Max Thermometer went off line, and the remote weather station recorded a high of 20.8°F in the barn. I think we will have snow, but it will not start until around 03:00 hours because of the low relative humidity. This is winding up to be a cocker, so expect to deal with lots of light snow, because of the cold temperatures we can expect.
High Temperature (°F): 18.1
Current Temperature (°F): 7.3
Relative Humidity: 59%
Dew Point (°F): -4.0
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.46
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 7.3
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Stratus
Weather Stick: Slightly Up
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:11°F/3.0°F//13°F/7.1°F//17°F/16.3°F//15°F/13.1°F
Relative Humidity: 52%/59%//48%/57%//38%/43%//42%/48%
The N.W.S forecasts for the temperature were much higher than the actual recorded temperature for 19:00 and 22:00 hours. They got the last two forecast points correct. They did have all four of the relative humidity forecasts within 10% of the recorded data. It did stay cold today, much colder than the N.W.S. expected it to. They get Kudos for the relative humidity and demerits for the temperature forecast. All in all not a bad prognostication.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 11°F/13°F/17°F/15°F.
Relative Humidity: 52%/48%/38%/42%

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