N.O.A.A. predicted no precipitation overnight, and it seems that is exactly what we had. When I took Ike out this morning there were just a few of what appeared to be cirrus clouds on the eastern horizon. The rest of the sky was clear. It was not very cold his morning either. Temperatures in the mid-twenties are a far cry from those in the low single numbers we were having earlier this week. There is not a lot of wind right now either, so it is pretty comfortable right now.
The N.W.S. is forecasting some light scattered snow showers this morning, some mixed precipitation early this afternoon and nothing for late this afternoon. There is a storm system showing up on the NEXRAD regional composite radar, but it seems to be headed out to sea well to our south. The Weather Underground model forecast maps indicate a reasonably clear day today, but we may get a glancing blow from a storm on Friday. That is by no means a certainty, but it does bear watching. A shift of a few miles either way could mean a significant storm or nothing at all.
My Weather Stick is expressionless again due to the 75% relative humidity. All three of my electronic instruments call for the barometric pressure to rise, and that usually indicates clear weather. Two of those instruments forecast fair skies while the remote weather station claims that we will have cloudy skies. The latter is in line with the N.W.S. forecast for cloud cover (50%/65%/80%/84%). As I look outside I do not see the clouds to our west that I would expect if we were going to have a cloudy day. My best guess (and it is only a guess) is that we will have a fairly nice day with some more melting of the snowpack. We did not melt any snow overnight with the temperatures outside the barn of 21.3°F and 23.8. Some of the winter hay-pack in the barn may have melted at 33.5°F. At least I will be able to get the steers out on Sunday for their trip to the winter farm.
Low Temperature (°F): 21.3
Current Temperature (°F): 21.9
Relative Humidity (%): 75%
Dew Point (°F): 15.1
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.03
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 21.9
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (AM): Mostly Fair
Cloud Type: Cirrus
Weather Stick: Straight
Comparative data for the overnight.
Temperature: 36°F/37.2°F//31°F/34.3°F//27°F/31.4°F//24°F/24.6*F
Relative Humidity: 50%/61%//58%/59%//60%/64%//71%/70%
The N.W.S. only forecast point that was missed was the 20:00 hour relative humidity. They were only 1% outside the 10% limit set for that parameter. Actually that was a very good showing compared to some of their efforts.
Forecast data for today.
Temperature: 27°F/38°F/44°F/44°F.
Relative Humidity: 67%/49%/37%/37%

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