Foggy and mild

Good morning Augusta

Man is it ever foggy out there this morning.

This morning we have some clouds that will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. Highs will be near than 68F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mainly clear skies with a Low of 48F. Winds will be out of the SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 89% with a dew point of 37ºF and a temperature of 42.5ºF and the wind chill is 42.5ºF.

The wind direction is South between 0.4 MPH and 1.0 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.52 HPA 1032 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0.0 from this fog, Sunrise is at 6:31 a.m. sunset is 6:27 PM and Moon Rise is 6:18 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

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

SPECI KAUG 271113Z AUTO 17003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 03/03 A3048 RMK AO2 T00280028

Visibility is 0.2 miles/0.4 kilometers with some clouds up there above all of this fog somewhere.

We had no rain here in the past 24 hours.

Remember to start watching the eclipse.