Sunny, very dry and cool

Good Morning Augusta

Remember, we’re under a fire warning today, the Watch is expired.

This morning we have a lot of sunshine with a high near 55 ºF. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies and a low of 34 ºF. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 46%, the dew point is 15ºF, its 37.1ºF outside with a wind chill of 32.2ºF.

The wind direction is Northwest between 5.4 MPH and 8.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.09 / HPA 1018.9 and rising with a weather graphic predicting sun.

The UV rating is 2.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:39 a.m. Sunset is 7:35 P.M. Moon rise is at 9:55 p.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.

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

METAR KAUG 241053Z AUTO 35012KT 10SM CLR 02/M09 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T00171094

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear blue skies.

 We haven’t had any rain here over the past 24 hours.