Clouds with rain moving in this afternoon and tonight

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it is partly cloudy turning cloudy with periods of rain this afternoon. High 66ºF. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%.

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies with periods of rain and a low of 51ºF. Winds will be out of the S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.

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

Humidity is 77%, the dew point is 42ºF, its 58.9ºF outside with a wind chill of 59.8ºF.

The wind direction is East between 0.7 MPH and 1.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.00 / HPA 1015.9 and falling with a weather graphic predicting rain.

The UV rating is 3.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:13 a.m. Sunset is 7:57 P.M. Moon rise is at 12:03 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent.

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

METAR KAUG 131053Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T00940056

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clouds socking in until the rain starts.

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