Warm, rainy and a flash flood watch AND a Solar Storm today and tomorrow!

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have A 90% chance of showers and scattered thunderstorms with an expected high of 68 ºF. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Locally heavy rainfall is possible, we’re currently under a flash flood watch for just that reason.

Tonight we’ll have clouds with rain showers and a low of 61 ºF. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall possibly over one inch.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 99%, the Dew Point is 65.8ºF and the outdoor temp is 66ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 0.3 MPH and 1.1 MPH, with a heat index of 66ºF.

The Relative pressure is 29.75, the Absolute pressure is 29.54 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:07 a.m. Sunset is 7:05 P.M. Moon rise is 7:33 p.m., Moon set is 6:16 a.m., and the moon phase is a FULL MOON being 100% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 061053Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR OVC002 18/18 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01780178

Visibility is 0.8 Miles / 1.2 kilometers with overcast to 200 ft / 60 m. That’s pretty low folks.

We received 1.36 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours, and iut’s still raining out there.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 116, the solar wind speed is 461 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 99

Today and tomorrow we’re under a 99% probability for a Solar Storm.  Takje this one seriously.  Too darn bad we’re going to have heavy cloud cover for the next two days – we’re going to miss one fantastic Arora show!

Go to the following web site and read all about it.  See if you can find another web site that has a good video feed of the expected Arora show, you won’t regret it.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40463031/unusual-solar-storm-cme-coronal-mass-ejection-could-impact-some-communications-aurora

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