Very cold and "drifty" out there

Good Morning Augusta

We’re under a wind chill advisory again, so bundle up!

This morning we have cloudy skies and it’s still  windy. A few flurries or snow showers are possible. High will reach only 9°F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph.

Tonight we’ll have cloudy conditions  with a low of -8°F. Winds will be W at 15 to 25 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 36%, the Dew Point is 2.5ºF and the outdoor temp is 12ºF.

The wind direction is  West Northwest between 9.2 MPH and 12.4 MPH, generating a wind chill of -2.4°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.03, the Absolute pressure is 28.82 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun (yeah, right).

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:14 a.m. Sunset is 4:14 p.m., Moonrise is 8:49 p.m., Moonset is 9:49 a.m. and the moon phase is Waning Gibbous being 84% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 051153Z AUTO 29012G21KT 10SM BKN120 M11/M18 A2916 RMK AO2 SLP880 60000 70010 T11111183 11056 21111 51043 $

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly cloudy to 12,000 ft / 3,657 m. 

 We received 12 inches of snow here over the past 24 hours with some darn impressive drifts.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 356  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Today’s weight loss recipe is to go outside and shovel snow and rake your roof clean of snow.  Trust me, it’s a better workout than anything your fitness club can come up with.