Overcast, strong winds and blowing snow

Good morning Augusta.

IF you are just waking up, get your coffee and go back to bed. Its howlin’ out there again. Not as badly as they said it would be, but still nasty.

This morning it is overcast with snow. High of 14F with a windchill as low as -13F. Windy. Winds from the NNW at 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Chance of snow 100% with accumulations up to 4 in. possible. 

  Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of snow. Low of -2F with a windchill as low as -22F. Windy. Winds from the NW at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph.

The readings from my own weather instruments are:

The humidity is 75% with a dew point of 3.7ºF, Temperature is 9.7ºF and a wind chill of -9.9ºF

Our wind direction is Northwest between 13.4 MPH and  23.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.57 HPA 1003.1 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow. 

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:39 a.m. sunset is 5:07 PM and Moon Rise is 3:40 a.m. and the moon phase is Waning Crescent. 

For the pilots out there Raw Metar is:

SPECI KAUG 151205Z AUTO 36018G26KT 1 1/2SM -SN OVC020 M13/M16 A2950 RMK AO2 PK WND 36026/1201 P0000 T11281156

Visibility is 1.5 miles/2.4 Kilometers with overcast to 2,000 ft / 609 m. 

We have had no additional snow in the past 24 hours.

 

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