Rain, snow and slop all morning

Good morning Augusta.

Its snowing outside right now, and while nodding at the NWS, it's a bigger mess out there than what they "predict".

This morning it is overcast with ice pellets and snow, then rain and snow in the afternoon. High of 37F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 100% .

Tonight it will be overcast with snow in the evening, then clear. Low of 25F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70%.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 89% with a Dew Point of 32ºF and a wind chill of 33.5ºF.

The temperature Is  33.5ºF.

The Wind is North Northeast between 1.5 MPH and 2.0 MPH.

Our Barometric pressure is 30.51  HPA 1021 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain/snow.  

We have no UV rating owing to the heavy weather, Sunrise will be at 6:29 a.m. sunset will be at 5:13 PM and Moon Rise will be at  p.m. EST and the moon phase is waning Gibbous.

For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings are:

METAR KAUG 211253Z AUTO 12003KT 1/2SM -SN FG VV003 00/00 A3015 RMK AO2 UPB45E49SNE45B49 SLP212 P0005 T00000000

Visibility is 0.5 miles/0.8 Kilometers with clouds

We received just over 2 inches of snow and slop overnight.

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