Snow, wind and some more election year definitions

Good Morning Augusta

“Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!”

This morning we have windy conditions with more snow showers. Winds diminishing later. High around 25F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 50%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. 

Tonight we’ll have clear to partly cloudy conditions with lows at or below 8F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 82%, the dew point is 17ºF, its 24.5ºF outside with a wind chill of 23.7ºF.

The wind direction is Southwest between 4.3 mph and 5.8 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.49 / HPA 998.6 and falling with a weather graphic indicating sun.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:12 a.m. Sunset is 4:22 P.M. Moon rise is at 9:16 A.M. EST and the moon phase is  waxing crescent

The Raw METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 131153Z AUTO 28009KT 10SM BKN055 M06/M08 A2941 RMK AO2 SLP965 60002 70034 T10561083 11039 21056 53009 $

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with 5500 ft / 1,676 m. 

We’ve received just over 6 inches of snow in this storm.

Below is the third installment of political terms and phrases that I’ve made clear and understandable.  Enjoy.

These are directly from the “Devil’s Dictionary” by Ambrose Bierce:

CYNIC, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are,

not as they ought to be.  Hence the custom among the Scythians of

plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.

DEGRADATION, n.  One of the stages of moral and social progress from

private station to political preferment.

DELEGATION, n.  In American politics, an article of merchandise that

comes in sets.

DELIBERATION, n.  The act of examining one's bread to determine which

side it is buttered on.

DEPENDENT, adj.  Reliant upon another's generosity for the support

which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

DEPUTY, n.  A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. 

DICTATOR, n.  The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of

despotism to the plague of anarchy.

DIPLOMACY, n.  The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

DISCUSSION, n.  A method of confirming others in their errors.