Fog and more rain
Good Morning Augusta, its darn good and rainy again.
This morning it is overcast with rain, then a chance of rain in the
afternoon. Fog early. High of 63F. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 100%.
Tonight it will be overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 45F. Winds less
than 5 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments:
a relative humidity of 100% (its pouring out there) with a Dew Point of
51.5ºF.
The temperature is 52.7ºF.
Presently we have winds between 2.7 mph and 9.1 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.27 and falling with a weather graphic
indicating rain.
We had precipitation in the past hour of 0.15 inches and in the past 24
hours of 0.89 inches.
Visibility is down to 2.25 miles and cloudy down to 400 feet up to 1,500
feet, and overcast at 6,000 feet.
A Raven named Corvus?
Look up in the sky at night, and you may just see a raven. Not a real raven,
mind you, but the constellation Corvus, a mythic raven immortalized in the
heavens. Corvus is one of the original 48 constellations cataloged by the
Second Century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, as well as one of 88 officially
recognized modern constellations.
Corvus sits in the southern sky, surrounded by Virgo, Crater, and Hydra.
There are only 11 visible stars in Corvus, four of which form its diamond
shape, said to represent a raven in flight. Its name is Latin for raven or
crow. Corvus is also popularly known as "the Sail," because it resembles a
sail from a ship.
Its four principal stars are Delta Corvi, or Algorab, Gamma Corvi, or Gienah
Ghurab, Epsilon Corvi, or Minkar, and Beta Corvi, or Kraz. Delta and Gamma
Corvi have long been used as pointers to find Spica.
Another noteworthy star in Corvus is 31 Crateris, so named because was
originally considered part of neighboring Crater. This dim star was once
mistaken for a moon of Mercury.
Corvus contains no Messier objects, but is home to three objects from the
New General Catalogue: the galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 and the planetary
nebula NGC 4361. The two galaxies are actually colliding, which gives them a
unique heart shape, as viewed from Earth.
The raven has long been an animal steeped in myth. To the ancient Greeks,
the bird was a sacred emblem of the god Apollo. According to legend, the
raven was once a radiant white and could speak. That all changed when the
god tasked the bird with watching over his lover Coronis. When the raven
reported that Coronis had fallen in love with a mortal, Apollo turned his
anger on the bird, scorching its feathers black and reducing its once
beautiful voice to a raspy croak.
Northwestern Native American tribes have a similar myth about the raven, who
is a trickster hero. They say the bird, who once had bright feathers of many
colors, stole the sun from the sky god to share with all of the Earth. In
the process, they say, the sun charred the raven's feathers and ruined its
voice.
This morning it is overcast with rain, then a chance of rain in the
afternoon. Fog early. High of 63F. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 100%.
Tonight it will be overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 45F. Winds less
than 5 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments:
a relative humidity of 100% (its pouring out there) with a Dew Point of
51.5ºF.
The temperature is 52.7ºF.
Presently we have winds between 2.7 mph and 9.1 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.27 and falling with a weather graphic
indicating rain.
We had precipitation in the past hour of 0.15 inches and in the past 24
hours of 0.89 inches.
Visibility is down to 2.25 miles and cloudy down to 400 feet up to 1,500
feet, and overcast at 6,000 feet.
A Raven named Corvus?
Look up in the sky at night, and you may just see a raven. Not a real raven,
mind you, but the constellation Corvus, a mythic raven immortalized in the
heavens. Corvus is one of the original 48 constellations cataloged by the
Second Century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, as well as one of 88 officially
recognized modern constellations.
Corvus sits in the southern sky, surrounded by Virgo, Crater, and Hydra.
There are only 11 visible stars in Corvus, four of which form its diamond
shape, said to represent a raven in flight. Its name is Latin for raven or
crow. Corvus is also popularly known as "the Sail," because it resembles a
sail from a ship.
Its four principal stars are Delta Corvi, or Algorab, Gamma Corvi, or Gienah
Ghurab, Epsilon Corvi, or Minkar, and Beta Corvi, or Kraz. Delta and Gamma
Corvi have long been used as pointers to find Spica.
Another noteworthy star in Corvus is 31 Crateris, so named because was
originally considered part of neighboring Crater. This dim star was once
mistaken for a moon of Mercury.
Corvus contains no Messier objects, but is home to three objects from the
New General Catalogue: the galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 and the planetary
nebula NGC 4361. The two galaxies are actually colliding, which gives them a
unique heart shape, as viewed from Earth.
The raven has long been an animal steeped in myth. To the ancient Greeks,
the bird was a sacred emblem of the god Apollo. According to legend, the
raven was once a radiant white and could speak. That all changed when the
god tasked the bird with watching over his lover Coronis. When the raven
reported that Coronis had fallen in love with a mortal, Apollo turned his
anger on the bird, scorching its feathers black and reducing its once
beautiful voice to a raspy croak.
Northwestern Native American tribes have a similar myth about the raven, who
is a trickster hero. They say the bird, who once had bright feathers of many
colors, stole the sun from the sky god to share with all of the Earth. In
the process, they say, the sun charred the raven's feathers and ruined its
voice.
Comments
Post a Comment