Sun, mild with a storm showing up later

Good Morning Augusta

That Winter storm warning is calling for 6 to 10 inches of snow.  Keep your roof rake handy – and Merry Xmas.

This morning we have partly cloudy skies with an expected high of 29°F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clouds with snow likely after midnight. Lows will drop to 13°F. Winds will be from the NNE at 10 to 20 mph. 

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 68%, the Dew Point is 17.4ºF and the outdoor temp is 28ºF.

The wind direction is  West Northwest between 4.5 MPH and 10.1 MPH, with a wind chill of 34°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 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:13 a.m. Sunset is 4:04 p.m., Moonrise is 11:02 a.m., Moonset is 10:18 p.m. and the moon phase is Waxing Crescent being 32% illuminated.

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

METAR KAUG 241153Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR M02/M06 A3007 RMK AO2 PRESRR SLP187 7//// T10221061 10011 21022 53039

Visibility is

We received roughly ¼ of an inch of ice and the same in sleet over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 74, the solar wind speed is 490 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.