War with rain moving in this afternoon

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a mix of clouds and sun with a 50% chance of Scattered thunderstorms for this afternoon. High 79 ºF. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have a 90% chance of thunderstorms with a low of 63ºF. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 85%, the Dew Point is 60.1ºF and the outdoor temp is 64.6ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 0.3 MPH and 1.1 MPH, with a heat index of 64ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.57, the Absolute pressure is 29.37 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:06 a.m. Sunset is 7:07 P.M. Moon rise is 7:02 p.m., Moon set is 5:11 a.m., and the moon phase is waxing gibbous being 99% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 051053Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A2972 RMK AO2 SLP063 T01720144

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear, red-tinged skies at sunrise.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 118, the solar wind speed is 533 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 10If you keep an eye on the “solar flux” and “Solar storm” probability, you may see a correlation between those readings and this seasons hurricane strengths.

The national hurricane center and scientists swear there is no connection.  You be the judge.