Wet, more rain today and how to find out your local rrainfall ecord

Good morning Augusta.

Everything is still wet out there with some wispy fog around, so drive careful.

This morning it is mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, then thunderstorms in the afternoon. High of 77F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. Low of 57F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 96% with a Dew Point of 66.6ºF and a wind chill of 67.9ºF.

The temperature Is 67.9ºF.

We have barely measurable East Northeast winds between 0.0 mph and 1.0 mph.

Our Barometric pressure is 29.67 HPA 1004.7 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 7:11 PM with Moon Rise at 4:12 a.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent.

For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings are:

SPECI KAUG 031108Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR BKN005 OVC008 18/18 A2974 RMK AO2

Visibility is 2.0 miles/3.2 kilometers with mostly cloudy conditions down to 500 ft / 152 m., and overcast to 800 ft / 243 m.

We've had 1.49 inches of rain here in the past 24 hours. Yesterday we topped out at 3.12 inches. That's a lot of "wet" folks.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=rainfall_scorecard

Rainfall amounts scorecard going back around 30 yearsWebsite

You can plug in your state and zip code to get information about your local area.

 

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