Cloudy with a chance of rain this afternoon and tonight

Good morning Augusta

This morning it’s Cloudy, with off and on rain showers for the afternoon. High 57ºF. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph and a 40% Chance of rain.

Tonight we’ll have Showers early, then partly cloudy overnight with thunder possible. Low will be 56ºF. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.   

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

Humidity is 70%, the dew point is 41ºF, outside it’s 8.8ºC and 47.9ºF.

The wind direction is North between 1.6 MPH and 2.7 MPH, generating a wind chill of 47.9ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.09 / HPA 1018.9 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:58 a.m. Sunset is 5:48 P.M. Moon rise is at 8:01 p.m., Moon set is 9:41 p.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.  

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine where the sun first touches the U.S.A. every morning is:

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly cloudy and overcast skies between 4,100 ft / 1,249 m. and7,000 ft / 2,133 m.

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