Cloudy and cooler today

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have partly to mostly cloudy skies with a high of 47ºF. Winds will be from the NNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight it will be mostly clear with a low near 30ºF. Winds will be from the W at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 89%, the dew point is 39ºF, outside it’s 6.0ºC and 42.8ºF.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 2.5 MPH and  5.4 MPH, generating a wind chill of 42.8ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.03 / HPA 1016.9 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:20 a.m. Sunset is 5:23 P.M. Moon rise is at 11:36 a.m., Moon set is 9:09 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: METAR KAUG 041053Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM FEW038 OVC080 06/04 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T00560039

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with broken clouds and overcast down to 3,800 ft / 1,158 m, and 8,000 ft / 2,438 m

We have received 0.83 of an inch of rain here over the past 24 hours.