Weather and the record solar storm that hit us last night

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have a lot of sun with a high of 78ºF. Winds from the NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies and a low around 55 ºF. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 71%, the Dew Point is 48ºF and the outdoor temp is 56.3ºF.

The wind direction is  West Northwest between 1.3 MPH and 9.5 MPH, with a heat index of 56ºF.

The Relative pressure is 30.05, the Absolute pressure is 29.85 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:13 a.m. Sunset is 6:56 P.M. Moon rise is 10:22 p.m., Moon set is 12:00 p.m., and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 70% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 111053Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP232 T01220072

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies.

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

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 80, the solar wind speed is 600 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 99%.

Solar storms impact high frequency communications and data transfers.  Just what we need smack in the aftermath of two record level hurricanes, right?

Go to the Farmer’s Almanac and read about the record level of these recent solar storms at:

https://www.almanac.com/blog/astronomy/astronomy/save-those-eclipse-glasses