Cooler, dry and partly cloudy at times

Good morning Augusta

Today it will be sunny to partly cloudy with a high around 75ºF. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have some clouds and a low of 53F. Winds light and variable.

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

Humidity is 83%, the dew point is 49ºF and its 56.5ºF outside.

The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.5 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.27 / HPA 1025.0 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:04 a.m. Sunset is 7:10 P.M. Moon rise is at 8:12 a.m., Moon set is 8:23 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing 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 031053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP238 T01220100

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

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

The next time you listen to an emotionally charged speech by any politician, bhe he/she a State governor or candidate for a national office, think about what history tries to teach us.  I offer the following food for thought from history.

“Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship. ... the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy.

All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”

Said by Hermann Göring, at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, April 18, 1946.