I guess I am a master of the understatement. It has remained windy to the point that the house was shaking off and on all day. When I took Ike out for his exercise neither of us wanted to stay out very long. That wind brought the apparent temperature right down into the single numbers, and even below zero. Oh, "apparent temperature" is the new terminology for wind-chill and heat index. The explanation is that it is what the temperature feels like on the skin. Well, yesterday the apparent temperature was just plain frigid.
For the overnight the N.W.S. continues to predict precipitation in the form of light snow all night. The clouds seem be breaking up as cumulus clouds, and it is partly cloudy now, so I am not sure where those light scattered snow showers are going to come from. Their forecast for the cloud cover does not even support the idea of light scattered snow showers (63%/59%/56%/52%). In addition the NEXRAD regional composite radar shows our precipitation already out of the state of Maine, and the next storm system moving off south of us. The Weather Underground model forecast maps also indicate that we might actually have a clear weekend for the first time in a long time.
My Weather Stick is smiling. I think it is because of the 57% relative humidity, but maybe it is because we are not going to have a storm for a few days. I am just not sure at this point. Two of my electronic instruments forecast fair skies with rising barometric pressure. The remote weather station in the barn is calling for foul weather with steady barometric pressure. I am not sure why it as not gotten the message yet, but I can only report what I see. The instruments reported high temperatures of 34.3°F, 33.5°F and 32.7°F. They just barely got above freezing, so we still have a snowpack of at least 2'. With the way the cold is remaining so strongly entrenched we may not see the ground until sometime in June. That is a scary thought.
High Temperature (°F): 34.3
Current Temperature (°F): 20.8
Relative Humidity (%): 57%
Dew Point (°F): 7.8
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.56
Wind Direction: West Southwest
Wind Speed (mph): 14.0
Wind-Chill (°F): -1.0
Precipitation (Type): Melt
Amount (Inches): 0.03
Cloud Cover (PM): Partly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Cumulus
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for today.
Temperature: 26°F/18.8°F//27°F/19.9°F//29°F/28.0°F//28°F/24.6°F
Relative Humidity: 55%/60%//42%/57%//37%/54%//37%/57%
The N.W.S. missed the predicted temperature for the first half of today, and only had the 07:00 forecast correct for the relative humidity. The cold air was stronger and deeper than they expected it to be, but that is just my opinion. We are still dealing with this storm system.
Forecast data for the overnight
Temperature: 23°F/16°F/15°F/10°F.
Relative Humidity: 49%/57%/62%/68%

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