Dreary and wet

Good morning Augusta Maine.

It is raining again this morning, with a 70% chance of rain during the remainder of today. Temps will be in the 40's with light and variable winds.   

Tonight it will rain more, rain probability is presently at 100% with temps in the low 30's. We will have winds rising to about 10 mph around midnight.

The readings outside right now are:

a relative humidity of 97% with a Dew Point of 36.3ºF.

The temperature is 37.1ºF with a wind chill of 31ºF.

The wind velocity is presently between 6.7 mph and 9.6 mph out of the north.

Our Barometric pressure is 29.82 and rising.

Our rainfall has been just under one half inch overnight.

Visibility is down to 1.5 miles, it is overcast with clouds down to 300 feet.

How about these weather facts for your morning coffee and toast:

Death Valley, California's temperature has the U.S. temperature record: 134 degrees Fahrenheit recorded at Greenland Ranch.

Prospect Creek, Alaska holds the U.S. temperature record for the coldest temperature: minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit!

Every winter approximately one septillion snowflakes fall from the sky!

Q: How many inches of snow would one inch of rain produce?

A: Snow and Rain Equivalents - The ratio of snow to water can vary a great deal depending on the vertical profiles of temperature and moisture, and how they change during a storm.

Typically 1 inch of rain is equal to 1 foot of snow, a 12 - 1 ratio. Depending on the temperature and moisture profiles of the snow growth region of the atmosphere and the origin area of the storm system, that ratio can go higher, say 20 - 1, which would be 20 inches, or lower, say 6-1 or so.

12-1 is most forecasters starting point, and if you go to your local NWS page and read the area forecast discussion, they usually tell what ratio they believe a system will have as it moves through your area.