Clouds rain and slush

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a mix of wintry precipitation then some clearing this afternoon. Our Morning high will be 45F with temps falling to near freezing. S winds shifting to WNW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precip 100%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. 

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a low of 9F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 32ºF, its ºF outside with a wind chill of ºF.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 1.6 mph and 2.7 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.47 / HPA 997.9 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:13 a.m. Sunset is 5:28 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:07 a.m. and the moon phase is in it’s last quarter.

The RAW METAR readings from the airport in Augusta Maine is:

SPECI KAUG 021220Z AUTO 07004KT 1 1/2SM RA BR OVC003 01/01 A2943 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V2 1/2 P0007 T00110006

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

We have had 0.40 inches of rain and snow here so far, but it’s still coming down.