N.O.A.A. predicted no precipitation for the overnight, but I think their estimate of the cloud cover was a bit high. The only cloud I saw this morning was on jet contrail on the eastern horizon. It was cool this morning when I took Ike out, but not unpleasant. The snow is currently gone from the ground over the septic tank. There are areas in the ditch in front of the house where the snow is gone. They are small areas, and there is still a lot of snow on my pasture, but the spring sun is definitely working on the snow. At my snow gauge there is only 5" of snow left on the ground. Obviously there is more where it either drifted or was snow blown off the driveway. The ruts in my driveway tell me that mud season is upon us.
The N.W.S. is again predicting no precipitation and temperatures climbing to within a couple of degrees of 60°F. The cloud cover is supposed to gradually increase through the day (36%/42%/48%/56%) in preparation for some showers tomorrow. There is a front at the edge of the NEXRAD regional composite radar that has some of those showers that are threatened for tomorrow. The Weather Underground model forecast maps indicate that we will have some showers tomorrow and more significant precipitation on Friday into Saturday. Right now it is not certain if it will be wt or white. That tale is yet to be told.
My Weather Stick is smiling at the 72% relative humidity. All three of my electronic instruments call for the barometric pressure to fall, and indeed it is moving down. Two of them call for foul weather, while the remote weather station sees it as unsettled weather. I do not think we will see any precipitation today, and I am not exactly sure when it will start tonight or tomorrow. With that precipitation it may not go below freezing overnight as it did last night (25.8°F/27.0°F/35.4.7°F). I guess we can finally say that we are on the doorstep of meteorological spring. It cannot come too soon for me at this point.
Low Temperature (°F): 25.8
Current Temperature (°F): 26.6
Relative Humidity (%): 72%
Dew Point (°F): 18.5
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.30
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 26.6
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (AM): Clear
Cloud Type: None
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for the overnight.
Temperature: 44°F/42.0°F//35°F/35.7°F//28°F/28.9°F//24°F/26.0*F
Relative Humidity: 41%/38%//51%/49%//71%/61%//87%/72%
The N.W.S. forecast the temperature correctly for all four times overnight. They only missed the relative humidity at 05:00 hours. All in all a pretty good record for the overnight, compared with other periods during the past week.
Forecast data for today.
Temperature: 34°F/46°F/57°F/53°F.
Relative Humidity: 66%/43%/29%/35%

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