Clear, Sunny and still darn cold

Good morning Augusta.

This morning it is partly cloudy. High of 12F with a windchill as low as -24F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight it will be Clear. Low of -9F. Winds from the NW at 5 to 15 mph.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 56% with a dew point of -13ºF and a wind chill of -13.7ºF.

The temperature is -0.9ºF.

Our winds are West Northwest between 6.3  MPH and 13.6  MPH.

Our Barometric pressure is 29.90/HPA 1012.5 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 4:37 PM with Moon Rise  at 2:35 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing Gibbous.

For the pilots out there: Raw METAR is –

METAR KAUG 241153Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM CLR M21/M28 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP161 T12061278 11206 21211 56004

Visibility is 10.0 miles/16.1 Kilometers with a few clouds and another great ceiling.

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

Have you ever wondered what the difference between ºF. and ºC. is?

Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius (and Vice Versa)

Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). Today, it is mostly used in the United States and a few other countries; the rest of the world uses Celsius. So what if you're in a country that uses one and you want to convert it to the other? Here is the difference.

Fahrenheit

On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (°F), and the boiling point is 212°F (at standard atmospheric pressure). There are 180 equal divisions between the freezing temperature of water and its boiling point. Each division is a Fahrenheit degree.

Celsius

On the Celsius scale, the freezing point of water is 0 degrees Celsius (°C), and the boiling point of water is 100°C (at standard atmospheric pressure). There are 100 equal divisions between the freezing temperature of water and its boiling point. Each division is a Celsius degree.

Therefore: A temperature interval of 1 °F is equal to an interval of 5⁄9 degrees Celsius.

Note of interest: The Fahrenheit and Celsius scales intersect at −40° (−40 °F and −40 °C represent the same temperature).

Fahrenheit remains the official scale of the United States, Cayman Islands, Palau, Bahamas and Belize.

The Rankine temperature scale was based upon the Fahrenheit temperature scale, with its zero representing absolute zero instead.

Absolute Zero is defined as −273.15 °C or −459.67 °F. The Rankine temperature scale was created to use degree intervals the same size as those of the Fahrenheit scale, such that a temperature difference of one degree Rankine (1 R) is equal to a difference of 1 °F, except that absolute zero is 0 R – the same way that the Kelvin  temperature scale matches the Celsius scale, except that absolute zero is 0 K.