Special weather statement
Good Morning Augusta.
We are under a special weather statement, and it probably won't be any
surprise to you:
The minimum relative humidity this afternoon and early evening is expected
to be mainly between 20 and 25 percent across much of New Hampshire and
southwest Maine and there may be a few wind gusts to 15 mph or higher. These
conditions are very close to fire weather warning criteria.
This morning it is partly cloudy. High of 50F. Winds from the NW at 10 to 15
mph.
Tonight it will remain partly cloudy. Low of 28F with a windchill as low as
21F. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments:
a relative humidity of 52% with a Dew Point of 20.3ºF.
The temperature is 36.2ºF with a wind chill of 32.9ºF.
Presently we have South Souththwest winds between 3.6 mph and 7.4 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.81 and rising with a weather graphic
indicating sun.
We had no precipitation overnight here.
Visibility is 10.0 miles with overcast to 5,000 feet. Otherwise we have a
great ceiling. .
Ever heard of Lepus, the sky rabbit? < in honor of the impending visit from
the Easter Bunny, below is the explanation from the Farmer's almanac.
Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a …. rabbit? That's not
Peter Cottontail up in the night sky, but Lepus, one of the original 48
constellations cataloged by the Second Century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, as
well as one of 88 officially recognized modern constellations.
Lepus sits just south of the celestial equator, below the Orion and
surrounded by Monoceros, Canis Major, Columba, Caelum, and Eridanus. Its
name means "hare" in Latin, and it contains 20 stars, 8 of which make up its
rabbit shape. Only two of these are exceptionally bright. One is Alpha
Leporis, also known as Arneb, an exceptionally large stars, 14 time the mass
and 129 times the physical size of our own Sun. The other is and Beta
Leporis, which is about half as brilliant as Arneb, but still very bright.
Together with Delta Leporis and Gamma Leporis and a popular
quadrilateral-shaped asterism and are called "the Throne of Jawza." Jawza is
the Arabic name for the constellation Orion. The asterism is also popularly
known as "Camels Quenching Their Thirst."
The constellation contains two other stars of note, R Leporis, also known as
Hind's Crimson Star, and T Leporis. Both of these are variable stars, which
means their apparent brightness changes over time.
Lepus is also home to one Messier Object, M79, a faint globular cluster.
Messier Objects ate deep sky objects identified primarily by French
astronomer Charles Messier during the 18th Century.
Although there are no noteworthy rabbits in Greek mythology, the
constellation's proximity to the hunter Orion and one of his dogs, Canis
Major, have led to an popular interpretation that the hare is being chased
across the sky of Orion and his dogs.
We are under a special weather statement, and it probably won't be any
surprise to you:
The minimum relative humidity this afternoon and early evening is expected
to be mainly between 20 and 25 percent across much of New Hampshire and
southwest Maine and there may be a few wind gusts to 15 mph or higher. These
conditions are very close to fire weather warning criteria.
This morning it is partly cloudy. High of 50F. Winds from the NW at 10 to 15
mph.
Tonight it will remain partly cloudy. Low of 28F with a windchill as low as
21F. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments:
a relative humidity of 52% with a Dew Point of 20.3ºF.
The temperature is 36.2ºF with a wind chill of 32.9ºF.
Presently we have South Souththwest winds between 3.6 mph and 7.4 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.81 and rising with a weather graphic
indicating sun.
We had no precipitation overnight here.
Visibility is 10.0 miles with overcast to 5,000 feet. Otherwise we have a
great ceiling. .
Ever heard of Lepus, the sky rabbit? < in honor of the impending visit from
the Easter Bunny, below is the explanation from the Farmer's almanac.
Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a …. rabbit? That's not
Peter Cottontail up in the night sky, but Lepus, one of the original 48
constellations cataloged by the Second Century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, as
well as one of 88 officially recognized modern constellations.
Lepus sits just south of the celestial equator, below the Orion and
surrounded by Monoceros, Canis Major, Columba, Caelum, and Eridanus. Its
name means "hare" in Latin, and it contains 20 stars, 8 of which make up its
rabbit shape. Only two of these are exceptionally bright. One is Alpha
Leporis, also known as Arneb, an exceptionally large stars, 14 time the mass
and 129 times the physical size of our own Sun. The other is and Beta
Leporis, which is about half as brilliant as Arneb, but still very bright.
Together with Delta Leporis and Gamma Leporis and a popular
quadrilateral-shaped asterism and are called "the Throne of Jawza." Jawza is
the Arabic name for the constellation Orion. The asterism is also popularly
known as "Camels Quenching Their Thirst."
The constellation contains two other stars of note, R Leporis, also known as
Hind's Crimson Star, and T Leporis. Both of these are variable stars, which
means their apparent brightness changes over time.
Lepus is also home to one Messier Object, M79, a faint globular cluster.
Messier Objects ate deep sky objects identified primarily by French
astronomer Charles Messier during the 18th Century.
Although there are no noteworthy rabbits in Greek mythology, the
constellation's proximity to the hunter Orion and one of his dogs, Canis
Major, have led to an popular interpretation that the hare is being chased
across the sky of Orion and his dogs.
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