Rain, sleet and snow. Go back to bed.

Good Morning Augusta

Its crumby out there, sleet and freezing rain, so slow down on your way to work.

This morning we have some sleet or freezing rain early and cloudy with periods of rain later in the day. Highs will be at or above 44F. Winds SE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch. 

Tonight we’ll have occasional rain and a low of 42F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 60%, the dew point is 14ºF, its 16.4ºF outside with a wind chill of 26.3ºF.

The wind direction is North Northeast between 1.1 mph and 4.0 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 30.40 / HPA 1029.3 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:55 a.m. Sunset is 4:50 P.M. Moon rise is at 2:24 A.M. EST and the moon phase is   waning crescent.

The Raw METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 031153Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM OVC024 M03/M09 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP293 T10281094 11028 21039 58015 

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast down to 2,400 ft / 731 m.

We haven’t had any rain or snow in the past 24 hours but that changing out there right now.

Favorite election year bumper sticker so far:

“We need to elect the best!  But he or she doesn’t seem to be around.”