Fog, hot, steamy with some rain possible

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have some pretty thick fog with a few isolated thunderstorms developing this afternoon. A few storms may be severe. High 87 ºF. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%. 

Tonight we’ll have some clouds that will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 63ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 63ºF and its 70.7ºF outside.

The wind direction is East Southeast between 0.4 MPH and 1.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.07 / HPA 1018.2 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:12 a.m. Sunset is 8:17 P.M. Moon rise is at 7:07 a.m., Moon set is 4:02 a.m. and the Moon Phase is waxing gibbous.

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

SPECI KAUG 181130Z AUTO 18007KT 4SM BR OVC002 18/17 A3003 RMK AO2 T01780172

Visibility is 4.0 miles / 6.4 kilometers with overcast conditions to 200 ft / 60 m.

 We didn’t receive any rain here in the past 24 hours.