Clouds with rain on the way for today

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies with showers and a possible thunderstorm this afternoon and a high of 61ºF. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. 

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies with rain ending overnight. Lows will be at or below 43ºF. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90%.  

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

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 52ºF, its 54.0ºF outside with a wind chill of 54.0ºF.

The wind direction is South between 2.9 mph and 5.4 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.65 / HPA 1004.5 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:19 a.m. Sunset is 7:06 P.M. Moon rise is at 2:32 a.m. and the moon phase is in it’s last quarter.

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

METAR KAUG 011053Z AUTO 17009KT 5SM BR BKN008 12/11 A2959 RMK AO2 SLP021 T01170111

Visibility is 5.0 miles / 8.0 kilometers with Mostly Cloudy conditions to 800 ft / 243 m.

We didn’t have any rain overnight, but its on the way so make sure you have rain gear with you today.