Snow, rain and in general, crumby today

Good Morning Augusta

Winter Weather Advisory in Effect.  Hey, did you really think winter was over with this early?

This morning we have snow and a hope for  high of around 35 ºF. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 90%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.  Its snowing out there as I write this.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies and a low at or below 23 ºF. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from the weather instruments in my north field are:

Humidity is 91%, the dew point is 21ºF, its 24.3ºF outside with a wind chill of 24.3ºF.

The wind direction is Northwest between 1.8 mph and 4.0 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.84 / HPA 1010.4 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain/snow.  

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:39 a.m. Sunset is 6:53 P.M. Moon rise is at 5:17 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

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

METAR KAUG 211053Z AUTO 36005KT 1SM -SN BR VV015 M04/M06 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP104 P0001 T10441056 $

Visibility is 1.0 miles / 1.6 kilometers with snow and clouds above this crap somewhere.

It is snowing out there right now, but we are barely at a quarter of an inch so far, but it isn’t close to being over with.