Cold, windy with some clouds today, cold tonight

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have sunny skies with gusty winds and a morning high of only 31ºF and temps falling to near 20. Winds NW at 20 to 30 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies and a low of 7ºF. Winds will be from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

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

Humidity is 53%, the dew point is 23ºF, outside it’s 1.6ºC and 34.7ºF.

The wind direction is West Southwest between 2.7 MPH and  21.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 15.3ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 30.25 / HPA 1024.3 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:13 a.m. Sunset is 4:05 P.M. Moon rise is at 3:34 a.m., Moon set is 2:00 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent.  

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is:

METAR KAUG 251253Z AUTO 32017G26KT 10SM FEW045 02/M07 A3019 RMK AO2 PK WND 28041/1219 SLP226 T00171067

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with some clouds down to 4,500 ft / 1,371 m.

We didn’t receive any rain or snow here over the past 24 hours.

May everyone have the very best Christmas day from a very frosty Augusta, Maine.