Clear and cool morning

This morning it is sunny, and it will be colder with highs in the lower 40s. We will have light and variable winds.

Tonight it will be mostly clear. Lows around 18 with light and variable winds.

The readings outside right now are:

a relative humidity of 72% with a Dew Point of 21.8ºF.

The temperature is 29.7ºF, with a wind chill of 22º F.  

The wind velocity is presently between 4.0 mph and 11.0 mph out of the North Northeast. Our Barometric pressure is 30.24 and rising.

Visibility is presently 10.0 miles and very clear, the ceiling is terrific.

 

Yet another, more scientific and hence more accurate non-instrumental way to predict weather was found in an old issue of Backpacker magazine, and was submitted by my wife.

Make a cup of coffee. I like to add cream and sugar since it makes the bubbles easier to see but black coffee is fine. Hot tea or hot cocoa will work too.

When you pour the coffee into your cup, watch the bubbles.

If the bubbles move to the edge of the cup rather quickly, that's a good sign. Expect clear skies for the next 12 hours.

If the bubbles hang around in the center of the cup, get out your rain gear. You can expect rain in 12 hours.

If the bubbles slowly move to the edge of the cup, you may get a bit of weather, but it should be clearing in a few hours.

If you've managed to make a cup without bubbles, flop a spoonful of coffee back into your cup and make some more bubbles.

The theory behind this trick is that high pressure will push the bubbles to the edge, and high pressure indicates a period of sunny, calm weather. Low pressure won't move the bubbles and low pressure systems typically bring unsettled weather.

Who knew?