Cold and sloppy day

Good morning Augusta, if you don't have to get up this morning, don't.  

This morning it is vile out there with overcast, ice pellets, rain, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. High of 48F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 80% .

Tonight it will remain overcast with rain showers, then a chance of rain after midnight. Fog overnight. Low of 34F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90% with rainfall amounts near 0.2 in. possible.

The readings taken from my own weather instrumentation are:

A relative humidity of 92% with a Dew Point of 24.3ºF and a wind chill of 26.3º F.    

The temperature is 26.3ºF.

Presently we have   South Southeast winds between 1.3 MPH and 2.7 MPH.

Our Barometric pressure is 30.29/HPA 1025.7 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 4:00 PM with Moon Rise at 7:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and the moon phase is Waning Gibbous.

For the pilots out there: Raw METAR is –

SPECI KAUG 021310Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR OVC003 M04/M05 A3038 RMK AO2

Visibility is 1.8 miles/2.8 Kilometers with overcast down to 300 ft / 91 m.

We have had a nasty mix of rain, sleet and snow in this area in the past 24 hours making a sloppy bit of goo about half an inch deep, and it still looks pretty darn nasty out there.