Friday, its going to get wet out there

Good morning Augusta, its nice out there right now, but we're going to get wet later today, so remember your rain coat.

This morning it is partly cloudy with a chance of rain, then overcast with rain. High of 63F. Winds from the East at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the SSE in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70%.

Tonight it will be overcast with rain. Fog overnight. Low of 43F. Winds from the ESE at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the NE after midnight. Chance of rain 80% with rainfall amounts near 0.2 in. possible.

The readings taken from my own weather instrumentation are:

A relative humidity of 89% with a Dew Point of 40.8º F.

The temperature is 43.7ºF.

Presently we have  North Northeast winds between 2.5 MPH and 5.4 MPH.   

Our Barometric pressure is 30.17/HPA 1021.6 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

There is a UV rating of 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 6:33 PM with Moon Rise at 5:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous.

For the pilots out there: Raw METAR is –

METAR KAUG 281153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/04 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP252 7//// T00560039 10056 20033 58004

Visibility is 10.0  miles / 16.1  kilometers with a cloud here and there and a great ceiling.

We have had no rain in the past 24 hours in this area.