Clouds, rain, hot and muggy

Good morning Augusta

Its raining out there, so slow down.

This morning we’ll have some sunshine with a thunderstorm or two possible this afternoon. High 86F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

Tonight we’ll have  a chance of an isolated thunderstorm early, then variable clouds overnight with more showers at times. Lows will be 64F with light and variable winds. Chance of rain 60%. 

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 98% with a dew point of 65ºF and a temperature of 75.2ºF.

The wind direction is Southwest between 2.9 MPH and 4.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.98 HPA 1012 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:09 a.m. sunset is 7:03 PM and Moon Rise is 1:41 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent.

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

METAR KAUG 080953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW120 23/18 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02280183

Visibility is 10.0 miles/16.1 kilometers with clouds down to 12,000 ft / 3,657 m.

We had rain overnight, but not enough to be measurable yet.