Wind advisory until midnight and rain

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have steady rain with showers continuing this afternoon with a quarter inch possible. High 54°F. Winds SW at 15 to 25 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

Tonight we’ll have some clouds with a few flurries or snow showers possible. Low around 25F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 97%, the Dew Point is 53.6ºF and the outdoor temp is 54.1ºF.

The wind direction is  South Southwest between 2.5 MPH and 4.1 MPH, with a wind chill of 54.1 °F.

The Relative pressure is 29.02, the Absolute pressure is 29.82 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:40 a.m. Sunset is 4:08 p.m., Moonrise is 7:26 p.m. and Moonset is 5:20 a.m. Tonight we have a New Moon  being 0% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 191153Z AUTO 16012KT 6SM -RA BR OVC005 12/11 A2918 RMK AO2 CIG 004V010 SLP884

Visibility is 6.0 Miles / 9.7 kilometers with overcast to 500 ft / 152 m.

We received 0.44 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 73, the solar wind speed is 360  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.