Cooler and a possible drizzel now and then

Good morning Augusta

Today we’ll have rain showers early, in fact we just had one, with scattered thunderstorms arriving for the afternoon. Our high will be 81ºF. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%. 

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy skies with a stray shower or thunderstorm possible. Low 63ºF. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 95%, the dew point is 57ºF and its 67.1ºF outside.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 0.2 MPH and 1.3 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 29.97 / HPA 1014.9 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:01 a.m. Sunset is 7:16 P.M. Moon rise is at 5:07 a.m., Moon set is 6:55 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent. 

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine where the sun first touches the U.S.A. every morning is: METAR KAUG 311053Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM BKN110 17/14 A2994 RMK AO2 RAB08E22B42E51 SLP137 P0000 T01670144

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly cloudy skies to 11,000 ft / 3,352 m.

We had a brief rain shower this morning, but not enough to register on my rain gauge.

You may have heard about Maine’s governor in the national news recently.  We live in Maine.

“Having the right to say something doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to say.”