Snow, sleet, freezing rain, regular rain and strong wind

Good Morning Augusta

We’re under a weather and wind advisory this morning. Pay attention.

This morning we have freezing rain early changing to rain and becoming windy for the afternoon. Some sleet may mix in. High 49F. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precip 100%. 

Tonight we’ll have windy conditions with periods of rain. Partial clearing overnight. Low 34F. Winds SSE at 20 to 30 mph, becoming W and decreasing to 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. 

 The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 23ºF, its 25.4ºF outside with a wind chill of 25.4ºF.

The wind direction is Northwest between 1.8 mph and 2.7 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 30.15 / HPA 1020.9 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:37 a.m. Sunset is 5:08 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:41 a.m. and the moon phase is      waxing gibbous.

The Raw METAR reading from Augusta’s airport is:

METAR KAUG 161253Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 M04/M04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP197 P0001 I1001 T10391044

Visibility is 1.5 miles / 2.4 kilometers with 300 ft / 91 m.

 We received just over 3 inches of snow in the past 24 hours and it isn’t done coming down yet.