Cold Friday Morning

Good morning Augusta.

This morning it is mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, then overcast with a chance of snow. High of 30F with a windchill as low as 3F. Winds from the SW at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 20%.

Tonight it will be partly cloudy. Low of 19F with a windchill as low as 10F. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 15 mph.

The readings from my own weather instruments are:

The humidity is 70% with a dew point of 0.5ºF and a wind chill of 8.3 ºF.

The temperature is 8.3ºF.

Presently we have   lazy winds puffing between 0.0 MPH and 3.9 MPH.

Our Barometric pressure is 29.77/HPA 1008.1 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 4:13 PM with Moon Rise time being unavailable right now, and the moon phase is waning gibbous.

For the pilots out there: Raw METAR is –

METAR KAUG 041053Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR M15/M18 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP112 T11501183

Visibility is 10.0 miles/16.1 Kilometers with a few clouds but otherwise is clear.

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

If you are interested in Lunar phases and signs, the web site below is a great place to visit.

http://lunaf.com/english/moon-phases/lunar-calendar-2013/

There is a host of useful information there and some really interesting links to explore – enjoy.