Cold with serious wind chills and snow possible

Good Morning Augusta

This wind chill warning we’re under is dangerous, take it seriously and make sure your cold weather survival gear is in your car “Just in case.”

This morning we have variably cloudy conditions with snow showers. Highs will reach to about 17F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 40%.

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies with a low at or below -6F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 79%, the dew point is -6ºF, its 5.0ºF outside with a wind chill of 5.0ºF.

The wind direction is North between 1.3 mph and 1.4 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.83 / HPA 1010.1 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.  

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:42 a.m. Sunset is 5:04 P.M. Moon rise is at 9:34 A.M. EST and the moon phase is     waxing crescent.

The Raw METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 131153Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM FEW120 M18/M21 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP091 T11831211 11139 21189 56008

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with some clouds to 1,2000 ft / 3,657 m.

 We haven’t received any snow over the past 24 hours.