#MEwx Cool, raw with clouds and how barometric pressure affects your blood pressure
I’ve put up an Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time weather readings from this location online here.
This morning we have overcast with highs in the mid 40s. winds are Northwest 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions with lows in the lower 20s. Winds will be Northwest around 10 mph.
We received 0.76 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.
The wind is North between 1.2 MPH and 4.9 MPH.
The Relative pressure is 29.17, the Absolute pressure is 28.97 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and clouds.
The outdoor temperature is 40.1°F, the dew point is 39.3°F, the wind chill is 40.1°F and the humidity is 97%.
Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast skies.
The UV index is 0 placing the average person at no risk, the solar radiation reading is 21.3W/m2, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent and is 27.5% illuminated. Sunrise is 6:52 AM, sunset is 4:04 PM, moonrise is 11:37 AM, Moonset is 8:53 PM and we’ll have 9 hours 11 minutes of daylight today.
The moon phase is waxing crescent, our next Full Moon is on December 7 (Cold Moon), with our next new moon being on December 23.
Here is more of the “Four ways barometric pressure affects your health” article I began posting yesterday.
I originally Posted this article on July 19. The following article has been more or less copied from the following url. They have some really neat stuff on this web site, you should go there and check it out.
How Barometric pressure affects your Blood Pressure
How can the barometric pressure today affect your blood pressure? Your circulatory system is made up of your heart, which acts as a pump, and your arteries and veins, which carry blood to and from your heart and tissues. Blood pressure is determined by the rate and strength of your heart and the resistance of your blood vessels. Changing blood pressure is another big health effect of barometric pressure.
"When it gets cold, your blood vessels constrict. This causes your blood pressure to increase because it takes more pressure to move blood through a narrower space, explained Sheldon Sheps, MD, emeritus professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, on mayoclinic.org.
"In addition to cold weather, blood pressure may also be affected by a sudden change in weather patterns, such as a weather front or a storm," said Dr. Sheps. "Your body — and blood vessels — may react to abrupt changes in humidity, atmospheric pressure, cloud cover or wind in much the same way it reacts to cold."
"These weather-related variations in blood pressure are more common in people ages 65 and older," he said.
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