Cold and wet

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have periods of light freezing rain with clouds lingering into the afternoon. High will reach 38°F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies with a low of 28°F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 71%, the Dew Point is 8.4ºF and the outdoor temp is 16.2ºF.

The wind direction is  South between 0.2 MPH and 0.4 MPH, with a wind chill of 16.2°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.63, the Absolute pressure is 29.43 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:10 a.m. Sunset is 4:01 p.m., Moonrise is 7:58 a.m., Moonset is 5:29 p.m. and tonight we have a new moon being 1% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from the city of Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 191153Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW047 SCT065 M09/M11 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP096 60000 70023 T10891106 11078 21089 56006

Visibility is 9.0 Miles / 14.5 kilometers with Clouds to 4,700 ft / 1,432 m and scattered clouds to 6,500 ft / 1,981 m.

We received slightly more than 4 inches of snow here voer the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 525 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.