Clous with rain and strong winds possible today

Good Morning Augusta

Today we’re under a special statement for strong winds and we’ll have rain showers during the morning with overcast skies during the afternoon hours and very gusty winds. High 63 ºF. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

Tonight it will be rainy early, then cloudy overnight. Low near 50 ºF. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

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

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 53ºF and its 58.5ºF outside.

The wind direction is South Southwest between 3.4 MPH and 4.5 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.52 / HPA 999.6 and falling with a weather graphic predicting rain.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 4:54 a.m. Sunset is 8:23 P.M. Moon rise is at 12:52 a.m. and the moon phase is in its first quarter. .

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

SPECI KAUG 121145Z AUTO 20005KT 1 3/4SM BR OVC002 12/12 A2947 RMK AO2 T01170117

Visibility is 1.8 miles / 2.8 kilometers with overcast to 200 ft / 60 m.

 We had a shower or two over the past 24 hours and this morning we have fog, but nothing measurable in my digital rain gauge.