Cold, freezing rain and National Maple Syrup Day

Good Morning Augusta

This Morning we are under a freezing rain advisory and we have cloudy skies with rain developing this afternoon. High 44F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90%. 

Tonight we’ll have cloudy conditions with periods of rain. Low 39F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 32ºF, its 33.7ºF outside with a wind chill of 33.7ºF.

The wind direction is South between 0.0 mph and 0.5 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 30.17 HPA 1020 and falling with a weather graphic predicting rain.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:09 a.m. Sunset is 4:00 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:13 A.M. EST, and the moon phase is waxing crescent.

The METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 171153Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM BKN018 OVC022 01/00 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP203 60000 I6000 T00060000 10006 21017 58010

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with  Mostly Cloudy skies to 1800 ft / 548 m.

And Overcast to 2,220 Ft. / 670 m.

We haven’t had any rain or snow here in the past 24 hours.

By the way, Today is the anniversary of the December 17, 1903 Kitty Hawk flight of Orville and Wilbur’s airplane.

And, more importantly for Mainers, today is National Maple Syrup day.

Go out and celebrate with a few short stacks!!