Snow, ice, Rain and cold temps and the advisory is still in effect

Good Morning Augusta

We’re still under that winter weather advisory so take it real easy if you getting on the roads this morning for that last minute shopping.

This morning we have a mix of precipitation this morning will become mostly freezing rain for the afternoon hours. High around 35 °F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have rain showers with clearing overnight. Low near 25°F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 72%, the Dew Point is 7.9ºF and the outdoor temp is 15.1ºF.

The wind direction is  Northeast between 0.5 MPH and 1.2 MPH, with a wind chill of 15.1°F.

The Relative pressure is 30.01, the Absolute pressure is 29.81 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:12 a.m. Sunset is 4:03 p.m., Moonrise is 10:32 a.m., Moonset is 9:16 p.m. and the moon phase is Waxing Crescent being 23% illuminated.

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

METAR KAUG 231153Z AUTO 01007KT 2SM BR OVC005 M09/M11 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP233 60000 70012 I1003 I6004 T10941106 11094 21100 58017

Visibility is 2.0 Miles / 3.2 kilometers with overcast to 500 ft / 152 m. 

We received roughly 5 inches of snow/Ice here over the past 24 hours and it isn’t over with yet.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 380 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.