Hot and steamy again today

Good Morning Augusta

Today we have sunshine and clouds mixed. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 86ºF. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy skies with a stray shower or thunderstorm being possible. Low 64ºF. Winds light and variable.

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

Humidity is 75%, the dew point is 63ºF and its 77ºF outside.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 0.7 MPH and 6.9 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.99 / HPA 1015.5 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 2.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:10 a.m. Sunset is 8:19 P.M. Moon rise is at 5:23 a.m., Moon set is 2:29 a.m. and the Moon Phase is waxing gibbous.

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

METAR KAUG 161053Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02170172

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies today.

We didn’t receiveany rain here in the past 24 hours. Some of those spotty thunderstorms the TV weather girls keep hinting at would be nice.