Clouds and rain on and off

Good morning Augusta

This morning it’s going to be cloudy with occasional rain, mainly during morning hours. Our high will be around 68ºF. Winds will be from the WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%.

Tonight we’ll have cloudy skies with a slight chance of a rain shower. Low will be near near 50ºF. Winds will be NNE at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 53ºF and its 56.2ºF outside.

The wind direction is South between 0.0 MPH and 1.3 MPH with a wind chill of ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.94 / HPA 1013.8 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:32 a.m. Sunset is 6:26 P.M. Moon rise is at 2:59 a.m., Moon set is 4:57 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: SPECI KAUG 271149Z AUTO 19003KT 3SM -RA BR BKN004 BKN050 OVC065 11/11 A2991 RMK AO2 P0012

Visibility is 3.0 miles / 4.8 kilometers with mostly cloudy skies to 400 ft / 121 ml and 5,000 ft / 1,524 m. It’s overcast down to 6,500 ft / 1,981 m.

We’ve received 0.05 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

I hope that you watched the debate last night and learned more about both candidates.  This morning’s online copy of “The Kennebec Journal”  the local newspaper here in Augusta, Maine, has a minor headline that reads:  “Trump suggests he was given a bad microphone.”