Rain, snow, sleet and in general, crap.

Good Morning Augusta

We’re getting some cold wet crap outside so drive really carefully..

This Morning we have Rain and snow changing to rain showers late. High will reach 37F with winds out of the NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 100%.

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies, followed by partial clearing. Lows will be at or below 22F. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 mph. 

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 98%, the dew point is 31ºF, its 31.9ºF outside with a wind chill of 31.9ºF.

The wind direction is North between 1.1 mph and 2.0 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 30.10 and HPA 1018 and falling with a weather graphic predicting a rain/snow/sleet mix of crap. Winter got here last night folks.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:13 a.m. Sunset is 4:05 P.M. Moon rise is at 6:49 P.M. EST and the moon phase is waxing Gibbous.

The METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

SPECI KAUG 271233Z AUTO 02005KT 1 3/4SM -FZRA BR BKN006 BKN012 OVC035 00/M01 A3006 RMK AO2 UPB25E28FZRAE25B28 P0005 I1002 T00001006

Visibility is 1.8 miles / 2.8 kilometers with Mostly Cloudy 600 ft / 182 m., Mostly Cloudy 1200 ft / 365 m and Overcast 3500 ft / 1066 m.

We’ve had 0.16 inches of a sloppy rain/snow mix over the past 24 hours, and it isn’t close to being over with.