N.O.A.A. had it absolutely correct. We had no precipitation, no clouds, some wind and temperatures that were to die for. Ike and I worked a bit this morning, and with all the chickens out and about he had plenty of distractions, but he did very well anyway. He just might make a hunting dog before this year is out. From the two photos above you can tell, first that there was not a cloud in the sky, and second that the willow trees are very close to starting to leaf out.

When spring comes it comes all at once for sure.
The N.W,.S has again predicted not precipitation overnight, no clouds and moderate relative humidity. They have also predicted that the temperature will not fall below freezing, but unlike last night their prediction for the low temperature is in the forties. I will be surprised if we have any freezing temperatures tomorrow morning. Woo-Hoo!

The Snow Is Almost Gone From The Lower Pasture
From the photo above you can see one small area of snow at the upper right hand corner of the field. The rest of the field is clear, but probably quite soggy. I will not let the animals out yet. My Weather Stick was smiling broadly at 17:00 hours due to the 25%, yes 25%, relative humidity. All three of my electronic instruments forecast falling barometric pressure, and indeed the pressure has fallen significantly since this morning. All these readings were taken at just after 17:00 hours. The La Crosse Weather Station forecasts unsettled conditions as does the remote weather station. The Min/Max Thermometer forecasts foul weather. The NEXRAD regional composite radar does not show anything but ground clutter around the radar stations. There seems to have been a small change in the track of the storm system that was coming in for the weekend. Unless I am reading it wrong or there is a later change we may not be in for anything more than some clouds on Sunday with a slight chance for widely scattered showers, and maybe not even that. It may be cooler though as a result of some cooler air behind the frontal boundary. Wow, that certainly would be a change over what we have seen for the last three and a half months. We did have real high temperatures today of 74.1°F, 62.5°F and 63.5°F. The latter two were on the north side of the house (shady all afternoon) and inside the barn.
High Temperature (°F): 74.1
Current Temperature (°F): 73.9
Relative Humidity (%): 25%
Dew Point (°F): 35.5
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.09
Wind Direction: East Southeast
Wind Speed (mph): 9.1
Wind-Chill (°F): N/A
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Clear
Cloud Type: None
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for today.
Temperature: 38°F/40.8°F//56°F/58.1°F//55°F/72.3°F//68°F/73.5*F
Relative Humidity: 61%/62%//33%/36%//18%/24%//19%/25%
The N.W.S. forecast the temperature correctly at 08:00 and 110:00 hours, but they were very low for the rest of the day. They had the relative humidity correct at the same time, but were just a little low on the predictions at 14:00 and 17:00 hours. This air mass just did some things they did not expect. Nonetheless it was dry, the sky was clear and the temperatures warmer than they have been since last year.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 58°F/56°F/40°F/42°F.
Relative Humidity: 29%/33%/64%/67%

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