July: "Buck Moon"

Explanation of "Buck Moon" at the bottom
Good morning Augusta.
Be alert today folks, there is a cold front supposed to move through this
hot and muggy mess we're in right now and its going to set off some pretty
nasty weather before the temps and humidity goes down. Serious stuff today.
This morning it is cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of
rain, then thunderstorms and rain showers in the afternoon. High of 86F with
a heat index of 91F. Winds from the SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%
with rainfall amounts near 0.2 in. possible.
Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of rain. Low of 63F. Winds
from the NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
The readings from my own instruments are:
The humidity is 68% with a Dew Point of 74.0ºF and a wind chill of 85.7ºF.
The temperature is 85.7ºF.
We have Southwest winds puffing between 0.0 mph and 6.0 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.60 HPA 1002.3 and falling with a weather
graphic indicating rain.
The UV rating is 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:16 PM with Moon Rise at
6:15 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.
For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings are:
METAR KAUG 201053Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP046
T02390194
Visibility is 10.0 miles/16.1 kilometers with
We've had 0.03 inches of precipitation here in the past 24 hours.
July: Full Buck Moon
July is the month of the Full Buck Moon.
Bucks begin to grow new antlers at this time. This full Moon was also known
as the "Thunder Moon" because thunderstorms are so frequent during this
month.

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