Cool, cloudy and less wind

Good morning Augusta

This morning it’s cloudy with an expected high of around 45ºF. Winds will be from the NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a few clouds and a low of 31ºF. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 67%, the dew point is 26ºF, outside it’s 3.6ºC and 38.5ºF.

The wind direction is Northwest between 4.7 MPH and 6.9 MPH, generating a wind chill of 35.3ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.30 / HPA 1026.0 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:08 a.m. Sunset is 5:36 P.M. Moon rise is at 2:56 p.m., Moon set is 4:01 p.m. and the moon phase is Waning 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 261053Z AUTO 33010KT 10SM OVC050 02/M03 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP237 T00221033

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast to 5,000 ft / 1,524 m.

We haven’t received any rain here over the past 24 hours.

Since Halloween is coming up shortly, I thought this tidbit of advice from the Farmer’s Almanac web site would be of interest.

“To help prevent your Jack-O-Lantern from smoking, make it wear a pumpkin patch.”

(I didn’t say it was a GOOD piece of advice)