New Radiation Shield

I've made some changes to the outdoor thermo unit. First of all, it is now extended away from the house, which may lead to more accurate temp and humidity readings. More importantly, I have installed a *homemade* radiation shield over it. What it really is is six styrofoam bowls separated with toothpicks and duct tape. The idea is that the sun will hit the upper bowl, that bowl will absorb some of the heat which in turn will get blown away in the wind. If some heat makes it down to the next bowl, the process should repeat until hopefully no extra heat makes it to the sensor itself. We will find out tomorrow morning if temperatures do not spike as the sun shines on the sensor in the morning!

Speaking of tomorrow, we will be seeing less sun throughout the day than we have the past two days and some showers will move in tomorrow night. There is a small chance of some of the showers turning to freezing rain overnight, but they will be scattered enough that they will not affect anything.

After that little disturbance, some very warm air moves in for the weekend. Friday and Staurday's highs will approach 60...with plenty of sunshine Saturday Friday especially, maybe some more showers Saturday.

This warmth should last through the end of next week before another shot of winter moves in, possible, for the end of the month. I will keep you informed!!!

Enjoy the warm weekend!