Hot, muggy and rain possible

Good Morning Augusta

Today we’ll have sunshine, becoming mostly cloudy with showers developing this afternoon and possible thunder. The high will be 89ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%. 

Tonight we’ll have a few clouds with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible. Low 58ºF. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 90%, the dew point is 63ºF and its 70.9ºF outside.

The wind direction is North Northeast between 1.1 MPH and 2.0 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.86 / HPA 1011.1 and falling with a weather graphic predicting rain.

The UV rating is 2.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:02 a.m. Sunset is 8:25 P.M. Moon rise is at 7:29 a.m., Moon set is 9:50 p.m. and the Moon Phase is waxing crescent.

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

METAR KAUG 061053Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP091 T01890172

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

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