Monday February 28, 2011

It is currently 36 degrees F. The high today is expected to be around 42 degrees. We have a 30% chance of rain ending this afternoon. The humidity is at 86% with a dew point of 32 degrees. Winds are out of the NNW at 22 mph. gusting to 27 mph.

Fun Fact:
A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of water.
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Friday February 25, 2011

Partly cloudy, and 35 degrees F. Winds are from the NNW at 13 mph. The humidity is 86% with a dew point of 31 degrees. Temperature near steady in the mid 30's. We have a 20% chance of precipitation.

Fun Fact: The United States uses an estimated 10 million tons of salt each year to melt ice on the roads.
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Thursday February 24, 2011

It is currently cloudy and 42 degrees F. Winds are out of the NNE at 14 mph. The humidity is at 89% with a dew point of 39 degrees. Today's high is near 45 degrees. We have an 80% chance of rain this afternoon, this evening that changes to 100% chance. Rain will mix with snow

Fun Fact:
The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134 degrees F. at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California
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Wednesday February 23, 2011

Good morning it is currently cloudy and 32 degrees F. Humidity is at 88% with a dew point of 29 degrees. We have a chance for light sleet until around nine am. Highs should reach 50 degrees F. Winds are out of the SE. at 5-101 mph. We have a 55% chance of precipitation.

Fun Fact:
An inch of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches of dry, powdery snow.
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Tuesday February 22, 2011

It is currently cloudy and 33 degrees F. Winds are out of the WNW at 8 mph. Humidity is at 80% with a dew point of 27 degrees. Clouds decreasing later in the day. Highs near 40 degrees.

Fun Fact:
Lightning sets about 10,000 forest fires every year.
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Monday February 21, 2011

Currently we have a light,gentle rain with a temperature of 51 degrees F. The humidity is 98% with a dew point of 51 degrees. Rains should stop mid afternoon and temps will slowly fall to near 48 degrees with winds out of the NW at 10-15 mph.

Fun Fact:
The chances of being struck by lightning is about one in three million.
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Saturday February 19, 2011

It is currently sunny and 48 degrees F. Winds are from the NNE at 6 mph. Humidity is at 41% with a dew point of 25 degrees. Today will be mostly cloudy with temperatures steady near 48 degrees. Winds E. at 5-10 mph. We have a 20% chance of rain tonight.

Fun Fact: The air located around a lightning bolt is heated to around 30,000 degrees Celsius. This is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Friday February 18, 2011

It is sunny and 56 degrees F. with winds coming from the WNW at 10 mph. Humidity is 39% with a dew point of 31 degrees. Today will be mostly sunny with temperatures steady near 56 degrees. We are expecting no precipitation.

Fun Fact:
A lightning bolt travels at about 14,000 mph. and brings 300,000 volts of electricity to the ground.

Thursday February 17, 2011, Beautiful night sky

This photo was taken from my front yard in Robinson,IL.on 2/16/11 at 10:08 p.m. The photo does not do the sky justice. The sky was filled with Cirrostratus clouds, if you look closely you can see the halo around the moon. I wish I had better av equipment.

Thursday February 17, 2011

Good morning, looks like Mother Nature has blessed us with another beautiful day. The sun is shinning and it is currently  57 degrees F. Winds are out of the SSE at 19 mph. with gusts up to 25 mph. The humidity is at 72% with a dew point of 48 degrees. Highs should reach the low to mid 60's. We have a 30% chance of precipitation.

Fun Fact:

Lightning bolts can travel 60 miles.
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6:59 A.M. Sunrise... Wednesday February 16, 2011

This beautiful sunrise was taken from my front yard in Robinson, IL. on 2/16/11 at 6:59 a.m. It is so nice to see sun, it is producing a lot of spring fever,

Cirrus clouds taken on 2/15/11

 Another shot same place and time, if you look closely you can see the moon. It was not close or clear enough to tell if it was a Cirrostratus cloud as I can't tell if the moon has a halo around the moon,

This photo was taken from my front yard in Robinson, IL.on Tuesday February 15, 2011 at 4:31 p.m. It was a beautiful day to see these Cirrus clouds.

Wednesday February 16, 2011

What a beautiful morning. The sun is shinning and it is 44 degrees F. Humidity is at 65% with a dew point of 33 degrees. It will be mostly cloudy with a chance of drizzle. Highs to reach 60 degrees.

Fun Fact:
At any given time, on average there are about 1800 thunderstorms occurring on earth with 100 lightning strikes per second.
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Tuesday February 15, 2011

It is currently 35 degrees F. and feels like 26. The humidity is at 78% with a dew point of 28 degrees. Today will be partly cloudy with temperatures warming into the mid to upper 40's with the winds coming from SSE at 10-15 mph.

Fun Fact:
Snowflakes falling at 2-4 mph. can take about one hour to reach the ground.
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Monday February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day. It is currently 41 degrees and cloudy, It feels like 33 degrees. The pressure is 30.07 and rising. Winds are out of the WNW at 14 mph. gusting to 29 mph.. There will be some increase in clouds with increasing winds. Temperatures rising towards the mid 40's.

Fun Fact:
A corn field of one acre gives off 4,000 gallons of water per day in evaporation.
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Sunday February 13, 2011

The sun is shinning and it is 42 degrees and feels like 36 degrees F. The humidity is 65% with a dew point of 31 degrees.. The pressure is 30.00in. and falling. Temperatures should reach the low to middle 50's. Winds are out of the SW at 15-20 mph.

Fun Fact:
Between evaporation and falling as precipitation, a droplet of water may travel thousands of miles.
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Saturday February 12, 2011

It is currently 38 degrees F. and feels like 32 degrees F., with sunny skies. Winds are coming from the WSW at 8 mph. The humidity is 72% with a dew point of 30 degrees. Pressure is 30.28 and rising. Highs today are expected in the upper thirty's.

Fun Fact:
During a hurricane, 90% of the people who die end up dying from drowning.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Good morning, the sun is shinning and it is 12 degrees F. Winds are coming from SSW at 4 mph. Humidity is at 61 % with a dew point of 3 degrees. Pressure is 30.31 in,. and rising. Today's high is expected to be 26 degrees F


Fun Fact: They typical lifetime of a small cumulus cloud is between 10 and 15 minuets.
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Wednesday February 09, 2011

Sorry I haven't posted in several days, but my step-daughter was in the hospital and had surgery. It is currently 12 degrees F. and feels like 3 degrees F. The humidity is 62% and the dew point is 3 degrees F. The pressure is 30.41 in. and the wind is coming out of the west at 6 mph. We have a 0% chance for precipitation. Today's high is expected to be 21degrees F.

Fun Fact : It takes more energy to eat snow than it is worth. You use more energy eating it than you gain by hydrating your body.
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Sunday February 06, 2011

It is currently cloudy and 37 degrees F. the humidity is at 82% with a dew point of 32 degrees. Temperatures will slowly fall to near 33 degrees F. Winds are out of the WSW at 5 to 10 mph. We have a 30% chance of flurries.

Saturday February 05, 2011

We are under a winter weather advisory until noon. Light snow will continue across East Central and Southeast Illinois, expected snowfall between 2 to 4 inches. It is currently 28 degrees F. and feels like 20 degrees. Winds are coming from NW.at 7 mph. The humidity is at 98% with a dew point of 27 degrees. A steady light snow will taper off and end early afternoon. Cloudy with temperatures steady near the low 30s. There is a 70% chance of snow.


Fun Fact:
Raindrops do not really look like the traditional tear-shaped pictures. They actually flatten out as they fall, forming more of a pancake shape instead.
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Friday February 4, 2011

Today will be sunny. It is currently 24 degrees F. and feels like 24 degrees. We have winds out of SSW at 1 mph. The humidity is 93% with a dew point of 11 degrees. It will be mostly sunny with temperatures rising towards the upper 20s. The winds will be light and variable.



Fun Fact: Keraunophobia is the fear of lightening. Brontophobia is the fear of thunder.
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All of the following photo's were taken from my home in Robinson. They were taken on February 2, 2011 at 3:29 p.m. It had just stopped the freezing rain. There were a lot of chain saws going on the morning of Feb. 2 cleaning up all the debris.

If you look at the photo's from the other day you can see the ice is much thicker.

Again the ice is much thicker than the previous photo's

Branches that fell in the back yard.

This is what my back yard looked like, a solid sheet of ice!

This is Pompus Grass that usually stands very tall, but was weighted down with ice.

Thursday, Febrauary 03, 2011

Sorry there was not a post yesterday, but we did not have Internet due to the storm. Today the sun is shinning! The winds are out of the WSW at 1 mph. The current humidity is at 73% with a dew point of 9 degrees F. Pressure is 30.61 in. and falling. It is currently 15 degrees F., highs should be in the low 20s today.


Fun Fact: Lightning seems to prefer to strike men over women approximately 85% of those struck by lightning are men. Interestingly, the fatality rate of women struck by lightning is higher than of men struck by lightning.
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Incoming Storm. February 1, 2011

All of these photo's are from an incoming storm system during a break in the storm. They were taken from my front yard. These photo's were taken at 8:30 a.m., as you can see it is overcast. I like to title these photo's as "What a beautiful mess". Getting ready for the worst of the storm, I will post more photo's later.

Tuesday February 1, 2011

It is currently foggy and 29 degrees F. and feels like 22 degrees F. The humidity is at 99% with a dew point of 29 degrees. This afternoon we will have a mixture of snow,sleet,and/or freezing rain will develop around early afternoon. Cloudy with increasing winds. Temperatures steady in the low 30s. Winds are out of the NNE at 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. We remain in a storm warning until 6 pm.


Fun Fact:  Permanent snow and ice cover about 12% (21 million square km's) of the Earths land surface.
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