Fog, rain and sunless

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have fog thicker than pea soup followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. High 54ºF. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

Tonight we’ll have isolated thunderstorms turning partly cloudy after midnight. Low 36F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 30%.

The readings from my instruments are:

Humidity is 100%, the dew point is 36ºF, its 39.6ºF outside with a wind chill of 39.6ºF.

The wind direction is South Southeast between 0.91 mph and 1.3 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.85 / HPA 1010.8and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:46 a.m. Sunset is 6:48 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:19 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

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

METAR KAUG 171053Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 03/03 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP087 T00330028

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.4 kilometers with some clouds above this fog somewhere.

 We have received 0.11 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.