Fog, cold and a rain/snow mix this evening

Good morning Augusta

It’s foggy out there, drive slow on your way to church.

This morning we have areas of patchy fog early with cloudy skies and a few showers this afternoon. High will be 44 ºF. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

Tonight we’re going to have rain showers during evening hours, mixing with snow showers overnight. Lows of 32 ºF. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 40%.

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

Humidity is 100%, the dew point is 34ºF, outside it’s 1.0ºC and 33.8ºF.

The wind direction is North between 1.3 MPH and  2.7 MPH, generating a wind chill of 33.8ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.16 / HPA 1021.3 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:49 a.m. Sunset is 4:03 P.M. Moon rise is at 3:46 a.m., Moon set is 2:56 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 261153Z AUTO 01004KT 1/4SM FG VV002 01/01 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP199 70013 T00110011 10011 20011 55001

Visibility is 0.2 miles / 0.4 kilometers with clouds up there somewhere, we just can’t see them through this fog.

We received 0.14 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.