#MEwx Hot, muggy and rain possible today and tonight

Good morning Augusta.

I’ve put up a new Ambient WS 5000 weather station and you can view it’s real time readings online by clicking  here.

This morning we have partly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds, small hail , and heavy rainfall during afternoon hours. Highs in the upper 70s with south winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds, small hail, and heavy rainfall in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s with southwest winds around 10 mph, gusting to 20 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The wind direction is West between 2.9 MPH and 6.5 MPH.

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

The Relative pressure is 29.57, the Absolute pressure is 29.37 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds and possible rain later today.

The outdoor temperature is 69.4°F, the dew point is 61.1°F, the heat index is 70.1°F and the humidity is 77%.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with partly cloudy skies.

The current Solar Radiation reading is 390.6W/m2, the UV Index is 3 out of 16 placing the average person at moderate risk, the moon is 96% illuminated, the moon is  Waxing Gibbous, sunrise is 5:07 AM, sunset is 8:24 PM, moonrise is 8:00 PM, moonset is 3:21 AM.