With the clouds in place which N.O.A.A. had predicted the temperature did not fall as far or as fast as it was projected to. By the time I got outside with Ike we had about a half an inch of new snow or less. That was at 06:00 hours. Once again winter lets us know that it is still in control.
For today the ;N.W.S. is calling for scattered light snow showers all day with slowly decreasing cloud cover (82%/73%/64%/66%). There are some echoes showing up on the NEXRAD regional composite radar that may get here later today. This may again be some form of frozen precipitation, like snow. The Weather Underground model forecast map indicates that this will not be a stellar weekend, weather-wise. Well, winter is not over yet, and may not be for a while.
My Weather Stick was expressionless this morning as a result of the 76% relative humidity. My electronic instruments still cannot agree on a forecast. The La Crosse Weather Station forecasts fair skies with rising barometric pressure. The Min/Max Thermometer forecasts unsettled conditions with falling barometric pressure. The remote weather station forecasts foul weather with steady barometric pressure. I think that unsettled is probably the best forecast for today with whit I see outside right now. These instruments had the following for low temperatures this morning (25.3°F/24.8°F/29.1°F), in the same order as the forecasts from each of them.
Low Temperature (°F): 25.3
Current Temperature (°F): 25.3
Relative Humidity (%): 76%
Dew Point (°F): 18.7
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.88
Wind Direction: Northeast
Wind Speed (mph): 2.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 25.3
Precipitation (Type): Snow
Amount (Inches): 0.50
Cloud Cover (AM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Stratus
Weather Stick: Straight
Comparative data for the overnight.
Temperature:26°F/30.3°F//20°F/27.1°F//18°F/26.2°F//15°F/25.3°F
Relative Humidity: 35%/35%//62%/54%//59%/67%//64%/72%
The N.W.S. had only the 19:00 temperature forecast correct. They did much better with the relative humidity overnight, getting all four of them within 10% of the recorded humidity. Once again, this was not one of their better attempts, but not one of their worst either.
Forecast data for today.
Temperature:25°F/32°F/36°F/36°F.
Relative Humidity: 71%/58%/54%/56%

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