Hot, humid, flood warnings and a look back

Good morning Augusta.

We remain under a flash flood watch today.

This morning it is partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain, then thunderstorms in the afternoon. High of 82F. Winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph.

Chance of rain 60% with rainfall amounts near 0.2 in. possible.

Tonight it will be overcast with thunderstorms and rain showers, then thunderstorms after midnight. Low of 66F. Winds from the SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70% with

rainfall amounts near 0.4 in. possible.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 86% with a Dew Point of 64ºF and temp is 73.4ºF.

Our wind direction is South Southeast between 0.1 MPH and 0.2 MPH.  

Our Barometric pressure is  30.28 HPA 1015 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:59 a.m. sunset is 8:26 PM and Moon Rise is at 11:10 a.m. EDT and the moon phase is waxing crescent.

For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings are:

SPECI KAUG 031122Z AUTO 16003KT 1SM BR OVC002 20/19 A2996 RMK AO2 T02000194

Visibility is 1.0 miles/1.6 kilometers with overcast to 200 ft / 60 m.

We received 0.27 inces of rain here in the past 24 hours.

Before you complain too much about the heat and humidity, take a long, lingering look at the photo attached to this post.

You don't have to shovel rain, do you?