Clouds and rain today

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy conditions with occasional light rain during the afternoon. High will be 61ºF. Winds will be from the S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%.

Tonight we’ll have rain showers, clearing overnight. Low will be 41ºF. Winds will shift to the WNW between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of rain 90%.

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

Humidity is 97%, the dew point is 53ºF, outside it’s 13.9ºC and 57.2ºF.

The wind direction is South Southwest between 2.5 MPH and 5.4 MPH, generating a wind chill of 56.7ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.16 / HPA 1021.1 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:51 a.m. Sunset is 5:57 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:48 p.m., Moon set is 3:29 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous. 

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine where the sun first touches the U.S.A. every morning is: SPECI KAUG 131108Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM OVC004 11/11 A3011 RMK AO2 T01110106

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast conditions to 400 ft / 121m.

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

I’ve been hearing a boatload of opinions about both candidates for this election from a whole new category of voter.  People in this particular category don’t like either candidate and are trying to decide which lever to pull with the hand not occupied holding their nose on election day.

For those of you who fall into this category, I have a non-violent way to deal with the situation.

After a review of the rules for the RNC and DNC, the solution is this:  both vice presidential candidates must decline to pursue the race any farther.  This would force a temporary end to the race until the respective political parties can put together a new ticket.

That pulls everything out of the race and gets it back into the control of the party to deal with something each should have dealt with a very long time ago.

If you don’t like my idea, please address your complaints to the RNC and DNC head offices.  I’ve heard rumors that both parties have come to regret their respective candidates.  But that’s just a rumor.