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#MEwx Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Gray ME 3:19 PM EDT Wed Aug 31 2022 A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Kennebec and northeastern Androscoggin Counties through 3:45 PM EDT. At 3:18 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles south of Livermore Falls, or 8 miles north of Turner, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Turner, Livermore Falls, Winthrop, Leeds, Livermore, Chesterville, Fayette, Wayne and Readfield. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.   && LAT...LON 4429 7023 4440 7025 4450 7004 4432 7000 TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 249DEG 17KT 4437 7020 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...4...

#MEwx Hot, muggy and rainy with sweet italian sausage and chicken

Good morning Augusta. I’ve put up a new Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time readings online here . This morning we have showers and scattered thunderstorms, then scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 80°F with south winds around 10 mph, becoming southwest gusting to 20 mph. Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with isolated showers during evening hours, then mostly clear after midnight. Less humid with lows in the upper 50s, winds will be west around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. We received 0.04 inches of rain over the past 24 hours and it isn’t done  raining yet. The wind is Northeast between  2.0 MPH and 3.6 MPH. The Relative pressure is 29.49, the Absolute pressure is 29.29 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain. The  outdoor temperature is 66.4°F, the dew point is 64.3°F, the heat index is 66.4°F and th...

#MEwx Hot 'N Muggy again with Chicken Pot Pie

Good morning Augusta. I’ve put up a new Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time readings online here . This morning we have areas of patchy fog with partly sunny skies. Warm with highs in the upper 80s. Winds are south 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values will rise to the lower 90s this afternoon. Tonight we’ll have p artly cloudy conditions with a slight chance of  showers   during evening hours, then mostly cloudy with a chance of  showers  after midnight with areas of  fog  . Humid with lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 10 mph gusting to 25 mph. We didn’t receive any rain here over the past 24 hours. The wind is East between  1.3 MPH and 3.6 MPH. The Relative pressure is 29.68, the Absolute pressure is 29.48 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The outdoor temperature is 70.9°F, the dew point is 69.7°F, the heat index is 72.2°F and the humidity is 96%...