Cooler and clear

Good morning Augusta

This morning it’s sunny to start, with a few afternoon clouds. High 62ºF. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a clear sky with a low of 41ºF. Winds will be from the NW at 10 to 15 mph.

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

Humidity is 90%, the dew point is 42ºF and its 49.3ºF outside.

The wind direction is North between 1.1 MPH and 2.7 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.17 / HPA 1021.6 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:27 a.m. Sunset is 6:31 P.M. Moon rise is at xx:xx p.m., Moon set is 2:57 p.m. and the moon phase is in its last quarter. 

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine where the sun first touches the U.S.A. every morning is: METAR KAUG 241053Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR 07/06 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP199 T00720056

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

We’ve received 0.11 Inches of rain over the past 24 hours.

As you listen to Monday’s presidential debate, try to be a “thinking listener.”

Listen for answers that are evasive or deliberately vague.

Listen for answers that use the question as a springboard to attack the other candidate:  “I’m glad you asked me that question because it illustrates just how poorly my opponent has…”

Listen for refusal answers.  Both candidates have done this repetedly.  Trump continues to say that he won’t release his tas returns until the audit is done.  Clinton is refusing to answer any more questions about her emails.

Listen for answers that offer at least a bare outline of solutions to problems raised by the debate’s moderator.

Listen for answers to international situations where the world looks to the U.S.A. for help like refugees.  Is there even an answer, or is the answer getting the rest of the world to help make their home country livable again.

Listen for honesty.  If a candidate admits he or she doesn’t know something will they add that they will seek the best advice available etc.  Nobody can know everything about everything.

So, listen for someone who claims to know all of it.  IF so, they are not being honest.

So, who does that leave?