Finally, at just about midnight the wind decided it had blown itself out and stopped. So, despite the cold temperatures it did not feel quite as bad when I took Ike out for his morning constitutional. N.O.A.A. also had the predominant weather correct. We had no precipitation overnight. From the forecast it does appear that the arctic temperatures will remain entrenched for a while longer. The clear skies overnight led to considerable radiational cooling, and that resulted in our single numbers this morning.
The N.W.S. currently forecasts no precipitation during the day, but they also expect the cloud cover to increase (47%/67%/67%/58%) until the end of the day when there is supposed to be some dissipation of the clouds. This should be interesting. I did check the NEXRAD regional composite radar, and there are no echoes appearing there, so there is no obvious storm system. I also looked at the Weather Underground model forecast maps and found that there is a major storm well off shore that does not look like it will affect us. There is another storm forming in the middle of the country that does appear to be moving our way for Wednesday mid-day, and into the overnight hours. We will need to see how that develops.
My Weather Stick did not forget how to smile, it is smiling now with the relative humidity at 58%. All three of my electronic instruments currently see the barometric pressure on the rise. Two of them forecast fair skies while the remote weather station forecasts unsettled conditions. Currently, looking west, I see a couple of cirrus clouds and a red sky. Looking east I again see a couple of clouds close to where the sun is rising, and the sun itself is a huge red ball of fire. This being true I suspect we will not see very much in the way of cloud cover today, but we will not be getting much heat out of the sunshine that we will have. The temperatures continue to fall from the levels that I first observed this morning, and currently are 1.4°F. 4.9°F and 17.1. The La Crosse Weather Station has fallen 1.8°F since I took my readings this morning.
Low Temperature (°F): 1.4
Current Temperature (°F): 3.3
Relative Humidity (%): 58%
Dew Point (°F): -8.1
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.24
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 3.3
Precipitation (Type): Dry
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (AM): Clear
Cloud Type: None
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for the overnight
Temperature: 21°F/22.2°F//15°F/17.4°F//11°F/12.2°F//80°F/4.4°F
Relative Humidity: 37%/41%//48%/47%//57%/48%//66%/58%
The N.W.S. did an excellent job of forecasting the temperature and relative humidity overnight. They had the temperatures forecast within 5°F and the relative humidity within 10% of the actual recorded data.
Forecast data for today.
Temperature: 17°F/28°F/33°F/33°F.
Relative Humidity: 46%/33%/29%/30%

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