#MEwx Darn cold with snow letting up and telling the weather from wind direction

Good morning Augusta.

I’ve put up an Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time weather readings from my location online by clicking here.

This morning we have mostly cloudy skies with numerous snow showers, turning partly sunny this afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the lower 20s with North winds 15 to 20 mph gusting to 30 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions with lows around -4°F.  Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph. Wind chill values can drop as low as -17°F.

We’ve received roughly 3 additional inches of snow so far here over the past 24  hours.  

The  wind is North between  7.8 MPH and 8.4 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.70, the Absolute pressure is 29.50 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and snow.

Augusta’s humidity is 88%, the  outdoor temperature is 12.0°F, the dew point is 9.1°F and the wind chill is 4.2°F.

Visibility is  10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast with snow.

The UV index is 0 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 27.6W/m2. Sunrise is 6:26 AM, sunset is 5:20 PM, moonrise is 8:37 AM and Moonset is 10:48 PM. The moon is Waxing Crescent and is 19% illuminated. We’ll have 10 hours 55 minutes of daylight today. The next Full Moon is on March 9 with our next new moon being on March 21, 2023 .

 

Telling the weather by wind direction.

 

“When the wind is in the east, it’s good for neither man nor beast. When the wind is in the north, the old folk should not venture forth. When the wind is in the south, it blows the bait in the fishes’ mouth. When the wind is in the west, it is of all the winds the best.”

The general direction of the wind can be a great indicator of the type of weather moving in to your area. An easterly wind (meaning the wind is coming from the east, and blowing towards the west) means an approaching low pressure system, and poor weather. The barometer falls, which as we learned above, is good for neither man nor beast. A north wind brings the cold chill of the northern environs, a south wind brings warm (but humid) conditions, and western winds bring the fairest weather of all — mild temperatures and dry air.