#MEwx Sunny and hot with rain/T-storms possible later and thoughts for the day

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny skies with patchy fog. Scattered showers this morning, with numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds during afternoon hours. Highs in the upper 70s with temps falling into the upper 60s this afternoon. West winds around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph, becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph gusting to 30 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we'll have clear conditions with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 70.9°F, the humidity is 75% and the Dew point is 62.6°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 0.0 MPH and 2.5 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.71, the Absolute pressure is 29.51 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain and clouds.

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

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with bright sun and a few clouds for the time being.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, The moon is  87.1% illuminated, the moon phase is waxing Gibbous, Sunrise is 5:04 am↑ 60° Northeast, sunset is 8:08 pm↑ 301° Northwest, Moonrise is 4:41 pm↑ 99° East, Moonset is 3:34 am↑ 265° West and we'll have 15 hours 4 minutes of daylight today.

We didn't receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.

And the thoughts for the day are:

 

"Nobody wants to see a stupid guy wise up."

S. King "The Stand"

 

"An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, stays bought."

Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Secretary of War

 

"The only thing a Viking fears is another Viking"

Author unknown

 

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