#MEwx Cold, snow on the way and the different types of snow

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny skies with highs around 17°F with variable northwest winds during morning hours, remaining light and variable. Wind chill values cand drop as low as 8 below during morning hours.

Tonight we'll have cloudy conditions with snow likely after midnight. Snow accumulation between 1-3 inches. Lows around 7°F above. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 6°F below zero after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 4.3°F, the humidity is 52% the Dew point  is -9.6°F with a wind chill of 4.3°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.40, the Absolute pressure is 30.20 and steady with a weather graphic indicating sun/clouds.

If you want to see real-time instrument readings from my personal weather station click Here. That will take you directly to my weather station.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with partly cloudy and cold skies.

The UV rating is  1 out of 16, The moon is 4.6% illuminated, the moon phase is     waxing crescent, Sunrise is 7:09 am↑ 123° Southeast, sunset is 4:00 pm↑ 237° Southwest, Moonrise is 9:14 am↑ 126° Southeast, Moonset is 6:04 pm↑ 235° Southwest and we'll have 8 hours 52 minutes of daylight today.

We haven't had any additional rain or snow here over the past 24 hours.

Ever wonder how many different kinds of snow there is?

I have a web site for you to look at. Seriously, this web site is great and you may want to look it over.

I'm sure there's an annoying know-it-all in your life that you'd like to get the better of at least once. So, when he or she says it's snowing outside respond with: "Really? What kind of snow is it?"

National snow and ice data center

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/snow/science/types.html

 

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