Wednesday and Isac is visiting

Good morning Augusta, its raining, and isn't going to let up for a while yet, so drive careful out there.

Right now it is raining, overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. High of 82F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the NW in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90% with rainfall amounts near 0.6 in. possible.

Tonight it will be overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 55F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

The readings taken from my instruments are:

A relative humidity of 99% with a Dew Point of 59.9º F.

The temperature is 60.8ºF.

Presently we have East Northeast winds between 4.7 MPH and 6.9 MPH.  

Our Barometric pressure is 29.60/HPA 1002.3 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating this morning is 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 7:07 PM with Moon Rise at 9:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is Waning Gibbous.

For the pilots out there: Raw METAR –

SPECI KAUG 051229Z AUTO 35008KT 4SM -RA BR OVC003 16/16 A2967 RMK AO2 P0002

We had precipitation in the past 24 hours in this area of 2.08 inches and in the past hour of 0.04 inches.     

Visibility is 4.0 miles / 6.4 kilometers with overcast to 300 ft / 91 m.

The following is downloaded in part from the Farmer's Almanac web site

Years ago animals and families prepared for winter. Humans watched for signs, which we call weather lore. Here are the best known signs:

• Fogs – frequent fogs in August mean lots of snow. This August in Maine, we saw many fogs. What about you??

• Woolly Bear Caterpillars - Consider if it has a heavy coat (fat and furry) and the brown band in the middle is thin (according to lore, the less brown there is, the worse the winter will be)

• Squirrels gathering nuts early to fortify against a hard winter.

• Unusual abundance of acorns - so far it has been normal in my area … nothing like 2010.

• Spiders spinning larger than usual webs and entering the house in great numbers.

• Persimmon seeds – cut a seed open and the shape determines the winter conditions. Knife means bitter cold, fork is mild and a spoon indicates lots of snow to shovel.

Full Credit to Peter Geiger of the Farmer's Almanac