It's a hot and muggy beach day! and

Good Morning Augusta

It’s going to be a hot and steamy day, so don’t forget your four-legged family members.  Load ‘em in the car and head for the beach!

Today we have partly cloudy skies with a high of 86ºF. Winds will be out of the WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have some clouds with a low of 61ºF. Winds will be light and variable.

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

Humidity is 75%, the dew point is 55ºF and its 70.3ºF outside.

The wind direction is Southwest between 0.4 MPH and 1.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.12 / HPA 1019.9 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 5:06 a.m. Sunset is 8:22 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:35 a.m., Moon set is 12:19 a.m. and the Moon Phase is in its FIRST QUARTER.

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

METAR KAUG 121053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01830139

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies and an occasional cotton ball cloud. 

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