Cloudy with more rain on the way

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have clouds with showers moving back in for the afternoon hours. High will be 51ºF. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

     Tonight we’ll have clear to partly cloudy skies with a low around 30ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 98%, the dew point is 43ºF, its 45.0ºF outside with a wind chill of 45.0ºF.

The wind direction is East between 0.9 mph and 2.7 mph.

The Barometric pressure is 29.44 / HPA 996.9 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.  

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:06 a.m. Sunset is 7:15 P.M. Moon rise is at 7:02 a.m. and the moon phase is a New Moon.

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

METAR KAUG 081053Z AUTO 17007KT 9SM BKN003 OVC007 06/06 A2937 RMK AO2 SLP949 T00610061

Visibility is 9.0 miles / 14.5 kilometers with mostly cloudy conditions to 300 ft / 91 ml, and overcast to 700 ft / 213 m.

We have had 0.94 inches of rain over the past 24 hours with more slated to arrive this afternoon.