More accurate than the media.
Expect at a 5 to 10 degree warm up tomorrow. Clouds will be departing and offer up some sunshine. Temperatures will continue to increase and temperatures should reach back up into the the upper 40s lower 50s by the weekend. That chance of rain Thursday has gone away.
The more I dig into the weather for tonight and tomorrow the more I think we will get some wintry mix. As the sun disappears behind the clouds. I have decided to remove the smaller gauge out of my rain collector in anticipation for this system moving in starting off with snow. It looks to be starting off with mix, moving to rain, then the colder air moving in behind the end of this system. Blue Springs may wake up to some light icing Monday morning then warm up and then additional icing on the predawn to several hours after sunrise on New Years.
The isobars indicate some higher winds since they are closer together. That alone may cause some freezing. We are expecting up to an inch of precipitation.
I look at the numbers on my Acu-Rite 5 in 1 and it shows 38 degrees F and steady. Humidity of 59% and falling. The Barometric pressure is 1011 millibars and falling. Winds are 5 mph west north west and a windchill of 35 degrees F.
Looks like we have a very very very light rain going on outside tonight , but as I type this the rain has become light and steady. With the new Acurite weather station hopefully we will see some rain indications on the rain gauge for the 5 in 1 sensor. Eventually I will be expanding the setup with internet access and more sensors.
Current conditions are as follows:
Temperature: 43 F and steady.
Humidity is at 57% and steady.
Barometric Pressure has leveled off to 1019 mb and steady.
Winds are at 2 mph from the SW. Gusting at times to 6 mph.
Windchill is at 28 F
The models are predicting a fairly large system coming in by Wednesday that could bring in some wind and much needed rain for the Blue Springs area. Looks like the unseasonable warmer weather will continue to hang on while others west of us will receive some significant snow.
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