8" Today-Another 14" And No More Snow Gauge
Despite the temperature remaining below freezing all day and into this evening there was enough warm air aloft to change the snow to sleet and then to freezing rain, just as N.O.A.A. predicted. Before that happened you can see above the amount of snow we have on the ground. We started at 26" on the snow gauge and now have 34" on that same gauged. The temperature reached a high of 29.8°F at around 16:00 hours, but it did go up from there to around 31°F. It did not break the freezing mark though.
The N.W.S. forecast freezing precipitation for the first half of the overnight with that precipitation ending and no further precipitation for the rest of the overnight. This is supported by the cloud cover forecast of 10%, 88%, 71% and 62%, showing that the clouds are dissipating. At 03:30 hours the storm has moved almost completely out of Maine with some rain to our south, heading west. This according to the NEXRAD regional composite radar does not appear to be a threat to us at this time. According to the Weather Underground model forecast maps this system is gone, but we may see some more snow on Friday. Oh well, it is winter after all, and we should expect this kind of weather, although this does seem to be a bit much. Some of the mail and most of the people I have spoken with are ready for green grass and warm weather. We have gotten tired of winter and storms every couple of days. There is a German saying "Genug ist Genug und schon zu viel" (Enough is Enough and Soon Too Much), and I must agree with that in terms of this winter's weather.

As Pretty As It Looks It Is Still Winter!
I took my data at about 16:30 hours, and present it here since I could not get on line to post it earlier. My Weather Stick continues to frown at the 89% relative humidity, and that is no surprise. All three of my electronic instruments agree that the barometric pressure will fall, and indeed it has. The La Crosse Weather Station is predicting a storm alert while the other two instruments forecast foul weather for the overnight. We did record high temperatures of 29.8°F, 29.0°F and 24.1°F on the three instruments. The rain is continuing and the temperature is starting to fall at 19:00 hours. My guess is that the N.W.S. has it about right, and the rain will stop, but with the temperature at or below freezing travel tomorrow morning will be a bit dicey. Be careful out there if you have to travel before sunrise.
High Temperature (°F): 29.8
Current Temperature (°F): 29.8
Relative Humidity (%): 89%
Dew Point (°F): 27.0
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.63
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed: 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 29.8
Precipitation (Type): Snow
Amount (Inches): 2.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Stratus
Weather Stick: Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:17°F/14.7°F//22°F/15.5°F//30°F/23.3°F//31°F/29.1°F
Relative Humidity: 59%/83%//58%/84%//69%/87%//75%/89%
The N.W.S. missed the recorded temperatures for the middle part of the day. They did not do that well with the relative humidity, since they missed all four points by a significant amount. This just was not their day.
Forecast data for the overnight .
Temperature: 28°F/30°F/26°F/22°F.
Relative Humidity: 88%/85%/85%/81%

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