Spring? Who said spring? Winter is still not finished with us. Overnight, as N.O.A.A. suggested, we have had another inch and a half of new snow. I do not know if it started out as rain, although there was no indication of that from my rain gauge. It is still snowing lightly as I write this report. This snow brings us to 105" of snow since the first of the year and 158" since the first of December. I think we have had enough, but I guess Mother Nature says, "No!"
For today the N.W.S. forecasts snow through the middle of the afternoon and light scattered mixed frozen precipitation for the late afternoon. The NEXRAD regional composite radar shows a substantial amount of precipitation still off to our west and moving in our direction. It does appear that we will be close to the edge of it so we may not get as much snow. The Weather Underground model forecast maps indicate that this will be more of a coastal event than additional snow for the ski areas. This conforms to the cloud cover forecast (100%/100%/98%/98%).
My Weather Stick, in response to the 85% relative humidity, is frowning. At this point that should be no surprise. There is total disagreement among my electronic instruments. The La Crosse Weather Station calls for foul weather with falling barometric pressure. The Min/Max Thermometer sees unsettled weather with a rising barometer. The remote weather station forecasts cloudy conditions with steady barometric pressure. How they can look at the same changes in pressure and see things so differently is quite beyond me. My best guess is that we will see foul weather today mostly in the form of snow. Temperatures will probably not rise very much from our lows in the upper twenties and mid-thirties (29.4°F/23.0°F/35.8°F), so we can expect them to remain in the thirties.
Low Temperature (°F): 29.4
Current Temperature (°F): 29.8
Relative Humidity (%): 85%
Dew Point (°F): 25.6
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.97
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 29.8
Precipitation (Type): Snow
Amount (Inches): 1.50
Cloud Cover (AM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Stratus
Weather Stick: Down
Comparative data for the overnight.
Temperature: 35°F/37.2°F//31°F/34.3°F//30°F/32.7°F//31°F/30.2*F
Relative Humidity: 54%/53%//58%/66%//69%/72%//69%/83%
The N.W.S. had all four forecasts of the temperature correct overnight. They did miss the 04:00 relative humidity forecast by more than 10%. While this was not an awesome job, it was still very acceptable.
Forecast data for today.
Temperature: 28°F/33°F/35°F/35°F.
Relative Humidity:81%/70%/37%/73%

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