Slightly less cold and more election year definitions

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly cloudy skies that will become overcast during the afternoon. High will top out around 30ºF. Winds light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have mainly cloudy skies, then a light mix of wintry precipitation overnight. Low 24 F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 50%.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 77%, the dew point is 5ºF, its 8.8ºF outside with a wind chill of 8.8ºF.

The wind direction is South Southeast between 0.2 mph and 0.4 mph.1

The Barometric pressure is 30.05 / HPA1017.6 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:11 a.m. Sunset is 4:25 P.M. Moon rise is at 10:23 A.M. EST and the moon phase is  waxing crescent

The Raw METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 151153Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR M12/M15 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP167 T11171150 11072 21128 53007

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies, at least for the morning. 

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

Below is the fourth installment of policital phrase and word definitions. Enjoy.

“Loose Cannon” An honest politician or one who thinks for himself instead of doing what the party leadership dictates.

“Health Care Reform”  Making sure that the poor, elderly and disabled have their medical needs paid for by someone other than the special interest groups that helped put you into office.

“Floundering ship of state” A term that politicians use to blame the victims of bad national economic policy for not voting  the way they told them to vote in the last election. This is usually done from the safety of high paying, secure jobs with great pensions and lifetime gold seal medical benefits paid for by the taxpayers.

“Special interests” your opponent’s political supporters.

“Constituency” Your political supporters.