As N.O.A.A. predicted we did not have any precipitation today. The sun did shine for a while, but late this afternoon we did have the clouds roll in, in preparation for another Wednesday event. We did warm up into the thirties today at the locations on my property (39.3°F/36.9°F/36.5°F), so there was some melting of the snow pack. If the slow melting of the snow on the ground continues we might avoid any serious flooding this year. I did notice, yesterday, that the Kennebec River is certainly up, although it does appear to be open. That is a very good thing for people living along its banks.
For the overnight the N.W.S. forecasts a general degradation in the weather going from no precipitation to light scattered snow showers and finally to snow for the second half of the overnight. They are not calling for very much snow, but they are calling for some. The NEXRAD regional composite radar shows some bands of snow and mixed precipitation moving in our direction. We have temperatures cold enough here that it will probably be all snow. The Weather Underground model forecast maps also show a storm moving through the area, but it should be gone by sometime tomorrow afternoon.
My Weather Stick is smiling at the 46% relative humidity. All three of the electronic instruments call for the barometric pressure to continue to rise. Two of them forecast fair skies while the remote weather station forecasts cloudy conditions overnight. As I looked at the sky before sunset it was clear that there was a storm system moving in, and that is what I will call for later tonight. I do not know exactly how much snow we will get out of this one, but we will get it all. I will let you know tomorrow just how much.
High Temperature (°F): 39.3
Current Temperature (°F): 31.2
Relative Humidity (%): 46%
Dew Point (°F): 12.7
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.13
Wind Direction: South
Wind Speed (mph): 1.7
Wind-Chill (°F): 31.2
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Mostly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Altostratus
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for today.
Temperature: 13°F/6.0°F//27°F/24.0°F//37°F/37.4°F//37°F/37.5*F
Relative Humidity: 61%/66%//38%/40%//28%/38%//29%/39%
The N.W.S. missed only one of the temperature forecasts, and that was at 08:00 hours today. They were within 10% of the recorded relative humidity today. Good job!
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 31°F/28°F/27°F/25°F.
Relative Humidity: 39%/50%/57%/68%

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