Clear, cooler with sun

This morning it is clear. High of 36F. Winds less than 5 mph.

Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of snow after midnight. Low of 23F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of snow 20%.

The readings from my own weather instruments are:

The humidity is 72% with a dew point of 23.0ºF and a wind chill of 31.0ºF.

The temperature is 31.0ºF.

Presently we have No winds registering at all.

Our Barometric pressure is 30.20/HPA 1022.6 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 4:25 PM with Moon Rise at 9:03 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent .

For the pilots out there: Raw METAR is –

METAR KAUG 151153Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM FEW039 M02/M08 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP248 70001 T10171078 10017 21017 53014

Visibility is 10.0 miles/16.1 Kilometers with partly cloudy conditions to 3,900 ft / 1,188 m.

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

Yesterday was St. Hilary's Day and was supposed to be the coldest day of the year. Portland, Maine logged a record high of 59ºF.

Remember this short poem as we start the 2013 lunar schedule:

The moon and the weather

May change together;

But change of the moon

Does not change the weather.

If we'd no moon at all,

And that may seem strange,

We still should have weather

That's subject to change.

(Arthur Machen, 1882)

Augusta, Maine Weather