Monday morning and Sandy is coming

Good morning Augusta, The storm is landing on us today, I hope you're ready for it.

This morning it is overcast with rain showers, then rain in the afternoon. Fog early. High of 63F. Windy. Winds from the NE at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90%.

Tonight it will remain overcast with rain. Fog overnight. Low of 52F. Windy. Winds from the East at 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near 0.9 in. possible.

The readings taken from my own weather instrumentation are:

A relative humidity of 92% with a Dew Point of 50.9ºF and a wind chill of 47.2ºF.    

The temperature is 51.8ºF.

Presently we have  North Northeast winds between 6.3 MPH and 9.6 MPH.

Our Barometric pressure is 29.74/HPA 1007.1 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 5:31 PM with Moon Rise at 5:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is a full moon.

For the pilots out there: Raw METAR is –

SPECI KAUG 291211Z AUTO 03009KT 1 1/2SM -RA BR OVC005 11/10 A2983 RMK AO2 RAB07 P0000 $

Visibility is 1.5 miles/2.4 Kilometers with overcast to 500 ft / 152 m

We have had rain in this area in the past 24 hours of 0.05 inches, but that's just the start of it.

Remember what it was like around here after Irene went through last year, and how badly they underestimated rain damage. If they tell you to have 3 days of supplies on hand, get at least double that amount. And for Pete's sake make sure your generator works.

Remember you are dealing with advice from governmental officials who base that advice on computer models.

If you want to know how much you can trust advice from FEMA, ask folks from New Orleans who went home after  Katrina.