What you may ask is coming? The answer is a rather nasty storm system. Let us take care of the overnight weather first. We had no precipitation as N.O.A.A. forecast. When I first took Ike out we had a few cirrus clouds with the sun coming up like a ball of fire. Those clouds are already beginning to thicken and lower. The barometer, overnight, was the highest I can remember seeing in the nearly three years I have been doing this at 30.70 in Hg.
For today the N.W.S. forecasts no precipitation through the noon hour. After that they say it is going to get nasty. They expect snow by 13:00 hours, and that is expected to change to sleet and/or freezing rain by 16:00 hours. The NEXRAD regional composite radar is one of the prettiest pictures I have seen with light blues, reds yellows and greens. This is the storm system that, if their calculations are right, is headed straight for us. It does appear to be a very large system covering most of Pennsylvania, almost all of New York, all of New Jersey and out into the Atlantic Ocean. It is showing colors for snow, mixed precipitation and rain. The Weather Underground model forecast maps predicts that this will start between 15:00 hours and 18:00 hours, and they are calling for it to last between 15 and 18 hours. That does not bode well for Saturday. I wonder who will be right, the TV prognosticators or the Weather Underground. The N.W.S. predicted cloud cover seems to support the Weather Underground, or at least something between the TV personalities and the Weather Underground model forecast maps (94%/91%/100%/100%).
My Weather Stick is frowning just a little in response to the 74% relative humidity. There is no surprise there. All three of my electronic instruments forecast fair skies today with rising barometric pressure. I am not sure how much higher the pressure can get. In fact it has already fallen about 0.04 in Hg since I started this narrative. Our low temperatures were quite a bit lower than the N.W.S. forecast at 5.9°F, 8.5°F and 16.9°F. I think that we will see more snow than ice due to the arctic air that is still in place. It will also depend on how much this storm displaces that air and runs warm air over the top of the cold. I guess we will find out
tomorrow just what this storm has in store for Wilton, Maine. The recorded low temperatures this morning were 5.9°F, 8.5°F and
16.9.7°F.
Low Temperature: 5.9
Current: 9.6
Relative Humidity: 74%
Dew Point (°F): 2.9
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric: 30.70
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed: 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 9.6
Precipitation: None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (AM): Partly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Cirrus
Weather Stick: Slightly Down
Comparative data for the overnight.
Temperature:22°F/21.3°F//18°F/13.1°F//14°F/08.2°F//12°F/08.2°F
Relative Humidity: 45%/47%//56%/57%//64%/67%//66%/73%
The N.W.S. forecast the temperatures correctly for all four forecast points overnight. I think that was more by accident than design. The low temperature at 5.9°F was lower than that forecast. They also had the relative humidity levels forecast correctly. They did a good job with this set of forecasts.
Forecast data for today.
Temperature: 13°F/18°F/20°F/23°F.
Relative Humidity: 63%/67%/77%/88%

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