How much longer can this stretch of weather last? N.O.A.A. forecast no precipitation and only 3% cloud cover this afternoon. They got the first half of it right, but my estimate of the cloud cover this afternoon around 17:00 hours was about 50%. It was a gorgeous day though with the temperature all the way up into the sixties. I keep seeing the snow retreat near my weather station. This is great.
The N.W.S. has forecast something they have not done in quite a while. They are saying that the low temperature will get to 35°F by about 02:00, and then it will start to rise to 36°F by 05:00 tomorrow morning. That would mean that the temperature may not go below freezing here in Wilton, Maine for the fist time (I think) since last fall. They are also predicting no precipitation and no cloud cover. No cloud cover and temperatures remaining above freezing. That is a real stretch. The NEXRAD regional composite radar currently shows some ground clutter around the Portland area, but nothing here. There are no storms moving in our direction on the Weather Underground model forecast maps for tomorrow. We may have a little something in store for Saturday afternoon or Sunday showing up on those maps.
My Weather Stick is smiling, and that should not be a surprise with the relative humidity at 37%. My La Crosse Weather Station forecasts fair skies with rising barometric pressure, although that pressure is down 00.02 in Hg since this morning. The other two electronic instruments forecast unsettled conditions with falling barometric pressure. My Weather Station recorded 64.5°F as the high and the remote weather station reached 60.4°F. My Min/Max Thermometer registered a high of 54.5°F, but that was after it went offline (OFL). That unit may be about to get new batteries since I lost the sticky note that I had on the back with the date that they were last changed. My feeling is that we will see one more really good day and probably night, but things will become a bit more unsettled for the weekend. I suppose though that we cannot complain about the weather we have had this week. You will note that there is no wind-chill because the temperature is above 45*F.
High Temperature (°F): 64.5
Current Temperature (°F): 45.6
Relative Humidity (%): 37%
Dew Point (°F): 20.7
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.22
Wind Direction: Southwest
Wind Speed (mph): 2.2
Wind-Chill (°F): N/A
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (AM): Cloud Cover (PM): Partly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Cirrus
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for today.
Temperature: 38°F/38.8°F//56°F/54.6°F//65°F/63.3°F//64°F/64.2*F
Relative Humidity: 56%/63%//26%/34%//17%/28%//18%/36%
The N.W.S. forecast the temperature correctly all day. The second half of the day they did not get the relative humidity correct. The 14:00 hour point was 11% out and the 17:00 hour point was 18% out. This was not a bad showing, just not as good as they have been doing lately.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 54°F/45°F/35°F/36°F.
Relative Humidity: 26%/38%/59%/61%

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