Warm and calm with an 80% chance of rain this afternoon

Good Morning Augusta

Today we’ll have partly cloudy skies with thunderstorms likely during the afternoon. High 74ºF. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Tonight we’ll have rain showers early, then clear overnight. Low 53ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

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

Humidity is 81%, the dew point is 53ºF and its 67ºF outside.

The wind direction is Southwest between 0.4 MPH and 1.1 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.72 / HPA 1010.8 and rising with a weather graphic predicting clouds.

The UV rating is 2.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 4:55 a.m. Sunset is 8:27 P.M. Moon rise is at 9:57 p.m. and tonight is a waning gibbous.

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

METAR KAUG 221053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW080 15/12 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP085 T01500117

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with partly cloudy conditions to 8,000 ft / 2,438 m.

We did not receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.