Clear, sunny and very cold

Good Morning Augusta

We’re still under a Wind Chill Advisory – take it seriously.

This morning we have bitter cold to the level of Russian “kold.” We’ll have sunwith a High of 1 °F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have More bitter “Russian kold” temps. Clear with a brutal low of -11°F. Winds will be NW at 5 to 10 mph.

 

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 24%, the Dew Point is -33.0ºF and the outdoor temp is -5.4ºF.

The wind direction is  West Northwest between 6.5 MPH and 12.0 MPH, with a wind chill of 17.8°F.

The Relative pressure is 30.05, the Absolute pressure is 29.84 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:14 a.m. Sunset is 4:07 p.m., Moonrise is 12:59 p.m., Moonset is 1:36 a.m. and the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous being 72% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 281053Z AUTO 27010G21KT 10SM CLR M21/M28 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP243 T12061283

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear and very cold skies.

We didn’t receive any new snowfall over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 75, the solar wind speed is 415  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

I’m not going to post any new recipes until January 2.  This should give you enough time to do something with all of the leftovers from your Xmas meals. Hey, there’s always the freezer.