Monday Morning
Good Morning Augusta.
This morning it is mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, then partly cloudy
with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. Fog early. High of
81F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a
chance of rain, then mostly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a
chance of rain. Low of 64F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
The readings outside at this moment taken from my own instruments are:
a relative humidity of 80% with a Dew Point of 68.4º F.
The temperature is 74.8ºF.
Presently we have Northeast winds between 1.3 MPH and 4.0 MPH.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.74/HPA 1007.1 and falling with a weather
graphic indicating rain.
UV is 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:19 PM with Moon Rise at 2:51 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is Waning Crescent.
For the pilots out there: Raw METAR –
METAR KAUG 161153Z AUTO 32004KT 7SM BKN065 OVC080 21/18 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP096
60001 70002 T02110183 10211 20194 51000
We had no precipitation overnight in this area, but it did "sprinkle" for a
few minutes last evening. It just didn't amount to anything measurable.
Visibility is 7.0 miles / 11.3 kilometers with Overcast to 8000 ft / 2438 m
and Mostly Cloudy to 6500 ft / 1981 m.
Two days ago I posted an article on how to predict the weather by reading
Pig Spleens. Stated mildly, the post was received with something less than
enthusiasm.
So I thought I'd try something that is more acceptable to most folks.
This is the "Ol' Goose Bone Method" of weather prediction.
by Warren Evans
Lifted from: The 1980 Old Farmer's Almanac
Back around the turn of the last century, in the days before the National
Weather Service, the so-called goose bone method was a famous
weather-forecasting technique.
Here's how it worked:
Around Thanksgiving, Grandma would cook a freshly killed goose. She would
roast it, carve it, and serve it, always being careful not to cut the
breastbone from the carcass.
After the goose had been eaten, she would carefully remove the breastbone
and cut away all the meat and fat left clinging to it. Grandpa would take
the bone and put it on a shelf to dry, keeping an eye out for the coloration
that would follow. If the bone turned blue, black, or purple, a cold winter
lay ahead.
White indicated a mild winter.
Purple tips were a sure sign of a cold spring.
A blue color branching out toward the edge of the bone, meant open weather
until New Year's Day.
If the bone was a dark color, or blue all over, the prediction was for a
real bad winter.
That's it. And there was even an explanation. An overall dark color meant
that the bird had absorbed a lot of oil, which acted as a natural protection
against the cold. The darker the blue coloring, the tougher the winter ahead
would probably be.
(There. Now isn't that a lot better than looking at a pig's spleen?)
This morning it is mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, then partly cloudy
with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. Fog early. High of
81F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a
chance of rain, then mostly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a
chance of rain. Low of 64F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
The readings outside at this moment taken from my own instruments are:
a relative humidity of 80% with a Dew Point of 68.4º F.
The temperature is 74.8ºF.
Presently we have Northeast winds between 1.3 MPH and 4.0 MPH.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.74/HPA 1007.1 and falling with a weather
graphic indicating rain.
UV is 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:19 PM with Moon Rise at 2:51 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is Waning Crescent.
For the pilots out there: Raw METAR –
METAR KAUG 161153Z AUTO 32004KT 7SM BKN065 OVC080 21/18 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP096
60001 70002 T02110183 10211 20194 51000
We had no precipitation overnight in this area, but it did "sprinkle" for a
few minutes last evening. It just didn't amount to anything measurable.
Visibility is 7.0 miles / 11.3 kilometers with Overcast to 8000 ft / 2438 m
and Mostly Cloudy to 6500 ft / 1981 m.
Two days ago I posted an article on how to predict the weather by reading
Pig Spleens. Stated mildly, the post was received with something less than
enthusiasm.
So I thought I'd try something that is more acceptable to most folks.
This is the "Ol' Goose Bone Method" of weather prediction.
by Warren Evans
Lifted from: The 1980 Old Farmer's Almanac
Back around the turn of the last century, in the days before the National
Weather Service, the so-called goose bone method was a famous
weather-forecasting technique.
Here's how it worked:
Around Thanksgiving, Grandma would cook a freshly killed goose. She would
roast it, carve it, and serve it, always being careful not to cut the
breastbone from the carcass.
After the goose had been eaten, she would carefully remove the breastbone
and cut away all the meat and fat left clinging to it. Grandpa would take
the bone and put it on a shelf to dry, keeping an eye out for the coloration
that would follow. If the bone turned blue, black, or purple, a cold winter
lay ahead.
White indicated a mild winter.
Purple tips were a sure sign of a cold spring.
A blue color branching out toward the edge of the bone, meant open weather
until New Year's Day.
If the bone was a dark color, or blue all over, the prediction was for a
real bad winter.
That's it. And there was even an explanation. An overall dark color meant
that the bird had absorbed a lot of oil, which acted as a natural protection
against the cold. The darker the blue coloring, the tougher the winter ahead
would probably be.
(There. Now isn't that a lot better than looking at a pig's spleen?)
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