Rain, fog and Thought for the day

Good Morning Augusta

Its raining and foggy outside, and we’re under a flood watch and wind advisory. Great morning huh?

This morning we have rain, becoming windy in the afternoon. High 48F. Winds ESE at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall possibly over one inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. 

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions after some evening wind and rain. Low 33F. South winds at 25 to 35 mph, decreasing to 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. 

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 33ºF, its 34.6ºF outside with a wind chill of 26.8ºF.

The wind direction is North Northeast between 5.4 mph and 8.7 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 30.13 / HPA 1020.3 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:13 a.m. Sunset is 4:19 P.M. Moon rise is at 7:16 A.M. EST and the moon phase is  a New Moon.

The METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 101253Z AUTO 02005KT 1/4SM FG VV002 01/01 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP198 T00060006

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.4 kilometers with clouds above this fog somewhere.

We’ve had 0.03 inches of rain so far today, but this is just the start, os keep that raincoat handy today.

Thought for the day:

This is a federal election year. We’ll be electing the leader of the most powerful nation on this planet. So, as you listen to what the candidates are saying please bear the following in mind.

“Before you blindly follow the masses try to remember that sometimes the “M” is silent.”