Dangerous wind, horozontal rain and power outages

Good Morning Augusta

We’re still under the flash flood watch and high wind warning, so watch for debris in the raod this morning.

This morning we have low, scutting clouds with high wind and rain turning partly cloudy after this morning’s rain. Our morning high will reach 63 º F with temps falling to near 50. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch with wind gusting to 40 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies with a low of 42 ºF. Winds SW at 15 to 25 mph.

 

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 94%, the Dew Point is 60.1ºF and the outdoor temp is 61.7ºF.

The wind direction is  Southeast between 7.4 MPH and 22.5 MPH, with a wind chill of 61.7ºF.

The Relative pressure is 28.97, the Absolute pressure is 28.77 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:13 a.m. Sunset is 5:30 P.M. Moon rise is 3:30 p.m., Moon set is 1:40 p.m., and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous being 74% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

SPECI KAUG 301051Z AUTO 12022G45KT 2SM +RA BR 17/15 A2914 RMK AO2 PK WND 11052/0958

Visibility is 2.0 Miles / 3.2 kilometers with low, fast-moving clouds when you can see them.

  We received 1.78  Inches of rain here over the past 24 hours, and it’s still coming down, sideways or even horizontal at times.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 14, the solar wind speed is 314 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

AS of the time of this writing well over 225,000 Mainers are out of power with just over 2,900 of them being in the Augusta area. The number of power outages is expected to rise.