#MEwx Hot, muggy and rain with possible T-storms today

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 areas of fog. Showers likely with numerous thunderstorms this afternoon, some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and small hail. Hot with highs in the upper 80s, Winds are south 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph. Heat index values in the lower 90s during afternoon hours.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with showers likely, numerous thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog and some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and small hail. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Winds will be south around 10 mph gusting to 25 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The wind direction is Northeast between 0.0 MPH and 1.6 MPH.

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

The Relative pressure is 29.46, the Absolute pressure is 29.26 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds and rain.

The outdoor temperature is 78.3°F, the dew point is 70.1°F, the heat index is 79.4°F and the humidity is 78%.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with sun and clouds.

The current Solar Radiation reading is 283.8W/m2, the UV Index is 2 placing the average person at moderate risk, the moon is 41% illuminated, the moon is  waning crescent, sunrise is 5:15 AM, sunset is 8:17 PM, moonrise is 12:12 AM, Moonset is 2:16 AM and we’ll have 15 hours 2 minutes of daylight today.

The next FULL MOON is August 11 with the next NEW MOON being July 28.