Rain, dropping temps and relief from the heat wave at last!

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have Thunderstorms that will give way to partly cloudy skies late.  High 81°F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clouds early giving way to generally clear conditions overnight. Low 54°F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Dew Point is  70.5°F, the humidity is 92%, and the outdoor temp is 72.9°F.

The wind direction is   West Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.71, the Absolute pressure is 29.50 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:01 a.m. Sunset is 8:25 p.m., Moonrise is 12:34 a.m., Moonset is 1:08 p.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 48% illuminated.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with mostly cloudy to 5,500 feet and overcast up to 7,000 feet.

We received 0.22 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours, and more is on the way.

Space weather for today is:

The Solar flux is 68, the solar wind speed is 432 Kilometers per second and the chance of

a solar storm is 1%.

No recipe today, with this rain and temperature drop, open every window in the house, put fans in the north windows pointing “in” and shotgun all of that built-up heat out of the South windows. Breath a sigh of relief.