Fog with some clouds and rain today

Good morning Augusta

We’re under a special statement for the thick fog out there so don’t go anywhere yet, wait for it to burn off.

This morning we’ll  have cloudy conditions with scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Our high will be around 84F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph and a chance of rain at 40%.

Tonight we’ll have scattered thunderstorms early, then cloudy skies after midnight. A few storms may be severe. Low 64F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 96% with a dew point of 63ºF and a temperature of 71.1ºF.

The wind direction is Northeast between 1.7 MPH and 2.9 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.90 HPA 1010 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:12 a.m. sunset is 8:17 PM and Moon Rise is 8:51 a.m. and The moon phase is waxing crescent.

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

METAR KAUG 191053Z AUTO 01003KT M1/4SM FG VV002 18/17 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP103 T01780172

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.4 kilometers with clouds above that fog somewhere.

We have had  0.02 inches of rain overnight here.