Thick fog and hot today

Good morning Augusta

We’re under a dense fog advisory this morning, so slow down out there. We need you around to shovel snow this winter.

This morning we have morning fog, growing cloudy this afternoon. High will be 78 ºF. Winds will be from the S at 5 to 10 mph. 

Tonight it will be overcast with rain showers at times. Our low will be near 65 ºF. Winds will be from the S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

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

Humidity is 99%, the dew point is 66ºF and its 70.2ºF outside.

The wind direction is dead between 0.0 MPH and 0.0 MPH.

The Barometric pressure is 30.00 / HPA 1015.9 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:10 a.m. Sunset is 7:01 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:01 p.m., Moon set is 11:02 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: SPECI KAUG 081108Z AUTO 15006KT 1/4SM FG VV002 19/19 A2997 RMK AO2 PRESFR T01890189

 

Visibility is 0.02 miles / 0.04 kilometers with partly cloudy skies up above this ground-level peanut butter (not pea soup).  (Hey, you eat what you like, I’ll eat what I like)

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