Happy New Year, its 2016 this morning.

Good Morning Augusta

Happy New Year! Lets hope 2016 has fewer crazies in it than we had last year.

This Morning we have a mix of clouds and sun with a high around 35F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have some clouds during the evening that will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Lows will be at or below 21ºF. Winds will be out of the WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 64%, the dew point is 22ºF, its 32.8ºF outside with a wind chill of 32.8ºF.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 0.4 mph and 1.3 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.91 / HPA 1012 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds. Its going to be above freezing again today.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:14 a.m. Sunset is 4:09 P.M. Moon rise is at 11:48 P.M. EST and the moon phase is waxing Gibbous.

The METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 011253Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM OVC049 01/M06 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP113 T00061056

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast conditions to 4,900 ft / 1,493 m. 

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