Fog burning off and another hot and muggy day

Good morning Augusta

Remember the violent thunderstorms we’ve had recently. DO NOT get caught out in any lightening or hail, people die from that stuff. So, if you hear it, get out of it.

This morning we have partly cloudy skies early followed by scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. High 84F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

Tonight we’ll have Partly cloudy skies with a low near 65F. Winds light and variable.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 90% with a dew point of 63ºF and a temperature of 72.1ºF.

The wind direction is east northeast between 1.1 MPH and 2.1 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.01 HPA 1014 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:22 a.m. sunset is 8:07 PM and Moon Rise is 6:30 p.m. and The moon phase is Waxing Gibbous.

The RAW METAR reading for the airport in Augusta, Maine is:

METAR KAUG 291053Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 19/17 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01890172

Visibility is 9.0 miles/14.5 kilometers with some fog burning off and nice blue skies above it all.

We have had  0.04 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.