Today is a rain day!

Good Morning Augusta

Today it’s raining outside.  We’ll have scattered thunderstorms during the morning becoming more widespread this afternoon. High near 75ºF. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. 

Tonight we’ll have scattered thunderstorms during evening hours, becoming partly cloudy after midnight. Low 58ºF. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

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

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 63ºF and its 66.6ºF outside.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 2.5 MPH and 2.7 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.96 / HPA 1014.5 and falling with a weather graphic predicting rain .

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 4:57 a.m. Sunset is 8:27 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:26 a.m. and the Moon Phase is waning crescent.

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

SPECI KAUG 291058Z AUTO 26005KT 3SM -RA BR OVC003 17/17 A2991 RMK AO2 P0000 T01720172

Visibility is 3.0 miles / 4.8 kilometers with cloud cover down to 300 ft / 91 m. 

We received 0.63 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, and it isn’t done yet.