Wet and sllushy morning

Good morning Augusta Maine.

Right now it is mostly cloudy, snowing with a chance of rain showers this morning. It will be sunny this afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs around 40. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. 

Tonight it will be mostly clear in the evening hours then becoming partly cloudy. Lows will be in the lower 20s. Winds will shift to the Southwest up to 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The readings outside right now are:

a relative humidity of 85% with a Dew Point of 31.3ºF.

The temperature is 35.5ºF with a wind chill of 28ºF.

The wind velocity is presently between 7.6 mph and 11.6 mph out of the northwest. Augusta's airport has registered a gust of 16 mph thus far.

Our Barometric pressure is 29.40 and falling.

Our precipitation has been 1.01 inches in the past 24 hours, but some of the moisture isn't registering because it is in the form of snow.

Visibility is 10.0 miles, it is mostly cloudy with "few" clouds down to 4,700 feet, scattered clouds to 7,000 feet and is mostly cloudy up to 11,000 feet.

If lunar eclipses are of interest to you, note that December 10 is the final lunar eclipse of the year:

On December 10th, parts of North America will be situated to enjoy the second, and final, lunar eclipse of the year, a total eclipse of the Moon.

The regions of the globe that will have ringside seats for this eclipse are Alaska, Hawaii, northwestern Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and central and eastern Asia. For the contiguous U.S. and Canada, the east will see only the initial penumbral stages before moonset. Over the central regions, the Moon will set as it becomes progressively immersed in the Earth's umbral shadow.

The Rocky Mountain States and the Prairie Provinces will see the Moon set in total eclipse, while in the west the Moon will start to emerge from the shadow as it sets. The Moon passes through the southern part of the Earth's shadow, with totality lasting 52 minutes. The geometrical magnitude is 1.111.

Here's a look at the time of this event (all times reflect the Eastern Time Zone):

Moon Enters Penumbra, 6:32 a.m.

Moon Enters Umbra, 7:45 a.m.

Total Eclipse Begins, 9:06 a.m.

Middle of Eclipse, 9:32 a.m.

Total Eclipse Ends, 9:58 a.m.

Moon Leaves Umbra, 11:18 a.m.

Moon Leaves Penumbra, 12:32 p.m.