Overcast and rain

Good morning Augusta

Its raining folks. It beats that heat and humidity we’ve been complaining about lately, right?

This morning we have rain showers with overcast skies during the afternoon hours. Highs will be around 64F. Winds will be brisk out of the North at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%. Well, its raining right now.

Tonight we’ll have some clouds which will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low will be around 54F. Winds will be out of the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my own instruments are:

The humidity is 95% with a dew point of 56ºF and a temperature of 59.9ºF.

The wind direction is North between 2.4 MPH and 2.0 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.86 HPA 1010 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:13 a.m. sunset is 6:57 PM and Moon Rise is 4:34 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent.

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

SPECI KAUG 111010Z AUTO 01011KT 7SM -RA OVC013 15/13 A2982 RMK AO2 P0002 T01500133

Visibility is 7.0 miles/11.3 kilometers with light rain and overcast conditions to 1,300 ft / 396 m.   

We had 0.27 Inches of rain here since it started raining last night, and its still raining out there.