Sun, clouds and rain this evening

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have overcast with a slight chance of a rain shower. Today’s high around 60ºF. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have rain and a low of 39ºF. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.

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

Humidity is 68%, the dew point is 33ºF, its 48.6ºF outside with a wind chill of 41.3ºF.

The wind direction is North between 2.5 MPH and 8.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.30 / HPA 1026.0 and falling with a weather graphic predicting rain.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:49 a.m. Sunset is 7:27 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:10 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

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

METAR KAUG 181053Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 07/01 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP242 T00720006

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with some clouds up there, but we still have a fair amount of sun.

 We haven’t received any rain or snow here in the past 24 hours, hence the fire warnings.