N.O.A.A. promised us no precipitation in their forecast for last night, and they were right. They did however miss the point that the temperature would not fall below freezing. They missed that point by quite a bit. I suspect that my hose did not freeze, just as it did not freeze the night before last. This is good since It speeds the chores up by quite a bit. I like to finish the chores quickly, because it allows me to do other things.
The N.W.S. forecasts no precipitation again today, along with temperatures in the seventies, light winds and quite a bit of sunshine. The only thing showing up on the NEXRAD regional composite radar is the extreme western edge of that ocean storm. That storm will probably not have much of an effect on us, other than to send us some high thin cirrus clouds early today. The Weather Underground model forecast maps continue to be updated, and show the storm scheduled for Saturday into Monday continues to break apart, either going West of us or part of it joining with that ocean storm. This does bode well for our weekend weather, and maybe into the first part of next week. Wow!
My Weather Stick is smiling despite the 75% relative humidity. Maybe it is beginning to take on the responsibility for forecasting the weather, but I doubt it. All three of my electronic instruments indicate that the barometric pressure will continue to fall, as it has already done. Two of them call for foul weather, while the remote weather station sees clouds in our future. They recorded low temperatures overnight of 30.0°F, 31.9°F and 41.7°F. As I noted earlier we dropped just a little below freezing, but it is already moving above freezing. I do not think we will have any precipitation today, and the sky may remain much clearer than the N.W.S. predicted. The only thing we can do now is wait for the cold front to pass, and temperatures to moderate again. Ah Spring, do we not love it!
Low Temperature (°F): 30.0
Current Temperature (°F): 31.1
Relative Humidity (%): 75%
Dew Point (°F): 24.0
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.04
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 31.1
Precipitation (Type): Dry
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (AM): Partly Cloudy
Cloud Type: Cirrus
Weather Stick: Up
Comparative data for the overnight.
Temperature: 58°F/57.0°F//56°F/44.9°F//40°F/35.2°F//42°F/30.9*F
Relative Humidity: 29%/31%//33%/41%//64%/64%//67%/71%
The N.W.S. forecast the temperature correctly only at 20:00 and 020:00 hours. I guess the very clear skies were not expected allowing the temperature to fall more rapidly and farther than they forecast. They did better with the relative humidity getting all four forecast points correct. It is interesting how they can get one parameter correct and the other either partly or totally incorrect. Forecast data for today.
Temperature: 44°F/65°F/74°F/72°F.
Relative Humidity: 65%/31%/25%/27%

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