Fog and rain, but in the upper 40's

Good Morning Augusta

The fog out there is thicker than peanut butter so be on your guard.

This morning we have thick fog, followed by mostly cloudy this afternoon. High 49F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have considerable cloudiness and a low around 30F. Winds light and variable.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 47ºF, its 45.7ºF outside with a wind chill of 45.7ºF.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 2.0 mph and 2.7 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.91 / HPA 1012.8 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:54 a.m. Sunset is 4:51 P.M. Moon rise is at 3:20 A.M. EST and the moon phase is   waning crescent.

The Raw METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 041153Z AUTO 21003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 08/08 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP107 70070 T00830083 10094 20083 53013

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

We’ve had 0.66 inches of rain here over the pst 24 hours.