Colder and windy, some rain possible

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have rain, remaining overcast and windy during the afternoon hours. High will be only 47ºF. Winds will be from the WSW at 20 to 30 mph with gusting occasionally reaching 40 mph.  Chance of rain 60%.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies with a low of 37 ºF. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.

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

Humidity is 67%, the dew point is 31ºF, outside it’s 4.7ºC and 40.5ºF.

The wind direction is South Southeast between 0.4 MPH and 2.7 MPH, generating a wind chill of 40.7ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.45 / HPA 997.2 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:04 a.m. Sunset is 5:41 P.M. Moon rise is at xx:xx p.m., Moon set is 2:22 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 231153Z AUTO 27007G16KT 10SM -RA BKN033 OVC090 04/01 A2937 RMK AO2 PK WND 25026/1124 RAB28 SLP948 P0000 60001 70028 T00390006 10056 20039 53031

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly cloudy conditions to 3,300 ft / 1,005 m, and overcast down to 9,000 ft / 2,743 m.

 We’ve received an additional 0.25 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, giving us a 48 hour total rainfall of 2.73 inches of badly needed rain.