Today N.O.A.A. forecast no precipitation as the predominant weather. They also predicted that it would not get any warmer than 20°F. They got the former right and the latter wrong. That does not mean that it was warm out, it was not, although actively working at snow blowing the dooryard did keep me warm. It should be noted that around noon cirrus clouds started to move in, and by evening the sky was mostly cloudy.
For the overnight the N.W.S. continues to forecast no precipitation, and the cloud cover is supposed to remain static (38%/37%/35%/32%). The cloud cover that I saw at sunset was certainly much heavier than what was predicted by the N.W.S. There is no precipitation appearing on the NEXRAD composite regional radar. The Weather Underground model forecast maps also remain clear of storms for Wilton, Maine until Sunday. They are still calling for that to be a rain event with the warm air being pumped in from the south. We have been having winter during the fall, I wonder if we will now have spring since winter is here. No, I do not think so.
My Weather Stick is only frowning a little this evening, responding to the 70% relative humidity. All three of my electronic weather instruments concur. They say we will have fair skies, and continued rising barometric pressure. Like a balloon, maybe if it gets much higher the atmosphere will pop. Sorry, that is my feeble attempt at humor. I have not seen pressure like this in a very long time. We did have high temperatures of 26.0°F, 23.1°F and 21.2°F in the usual order of the instruments. I think we will continue to have "fair" weather for the time being, but once this system moves out we may be in for some more interesting weather.
High Temperature (°F): 26.0
Current Temperature (°F): 21.0
Relative Humidity: 70%
Dew Point (°F): 12.7
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.55
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 21.0
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Mostly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Altostratus
Weather Stick: Slightly Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:8°F/3.3°F//12°F/12.9°F//13°F/25.5°F//12°F/22.2°F
Relative Humidity: 100%/83%//75%/84%//53%/65%//54%/67%
The N.W.S. did not do as well today as they have been. They only correctly identified one of the temperature points (10:00 hours), and one of the relative humidity points (also 10:00 hours). This was definitely not one of their better outings.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 19°F/15°F/12°F/9°F.
Relative Humidity: 70%/84%/87%/96%

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