April 7, 2011

Its almost 1 pm and it may be the nicest day of the year so far.  Temperatures are high, there isn't much wind and the sun is shining, reflecting that my predictions for today were pretty accurate.  The current temperature is 57 degrees and there is some cloud cover (I'd say about 30%) with what appears to be stratus clouds however the sun is shining through.  There is a breeze coming from the southwest at about 7 mph.  Barometric pressure rose a little bit from yesterday and is now at 1029.9 and steady.  The relative humidity is 34% and the dew point is 23 degrees so the air is not very saturated so I don't see any rain tonight/tomorrow.  When looking at the current surface map, there is a lot of activity throughout the country.  There is a large stationary front to the south of us that has some rain associated with it, however it shouldn't effect us.  There is also a large low pressure system and stationary front coming from the west and may have some precipitation along with it.  My prediction for tomorrow is another very nice day with about the same temperature and same cloud cover with barometric pressure dropping a little bit and winds to shift to the south because of the low pressure system.  I don't think we're going to get any rain yet.