Mild temps and partly cloudy today

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have a mix of clouds and sun with an expected high near 55F. Winds from the NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mainly clear skies with a low of 38ºF. Winds will be out of the NNW 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 8.2ºC and 48.4ºF.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 3.8 MPH and  7.1 MPH, generating a wind chill of 44.1ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.94 / HPA 1013.2 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:38 a.m. Sunset is 4:09 P.M. Moon rise is at 7:32 p.m., Moon set is 9:42 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: METAR KAUG 171153Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 06/04 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP114 70015 T00560039 10089 20050 53023

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with

We didn’t receive any more rain  here over the past 24 hours.  Our total rainfall from the clouds in the past 48 hours is just over one inch.  We really needed it too.

By the way, the rainfall experts for Maine sqay that we are now 0.28 of an inc above normal rainfall.  So I guess that means our drought is over.