#MEwx Warm with possible rain and Bllod sugars connection to weather

Good morning Augusta

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This morning we have clouds with patchy fog. Showers likely during morning hours with highs in the upper 60s. Winds will be light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy skies with a 50 percent chance of showers and some patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s with light and variable winds.

The outdoor temperature is 59.5°F, the dewpoint is 59.2°F and it feels like 59.5°F.

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

Today’s sunrise is 4: 56 AM, sunset is 8:21 PM and we’ll have 15 hours 25 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 5:22 AM and Moonset is 10:17 PM. The moon phase is Waxing Crescent and is 1.5% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on June 21 and our next new moon is on July 5.

The wind velocity is between 1.1 MPH and 3.1 MPH from the North.

The Relative pressure is 29.40, the Absolute pressure is 29.20 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

The Humidity is 99%, the UV index is 0 placing the average person at high risk and the solar radiation reading is 78.8W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Sun and clouds.

 

Blood Sugar

When the pressure drops during a cold front, it causes the viscosity, or thickness, of the blood to increase, said Jennifer Vanos, assistant professor in geosciences at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, in an interview with weather.com

"Diabetics will have more trouble controlling their blood sugar during cold fronts," she said.

Rapidly dropping blood sugar could also trigger a migraine attack. Reactive hypoglycemia is a condition in which your blood sugar falls quickly, and it usually happens when the sugar rush from high-carb or high-glucose foods wears off. It's one of the least understood, but very real, migraine triggers.

When blood sugar dips as a result of a change in the environment, it can produce what is called low barometric pressure fatigue.

 

*Joint Pain

s at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston surveyed 200 patients with knee osteoarthritis and found a link between changes in barometric pressure and ambient temperature and changes in knee pain severity

What is high barometric pressure and how does it differ from the impact of low barometric pressure symptoms that raise your awareness of mysterious joint pain?

"It's not clear why a falling barometer would exacerbate joint pain and arthritis, but studies such as this one confirm that they do," reported Mother Nature. "It could be that barometric pressure affects the viscosity of the fluid that lines joint sacs, or it could be that it triggers the pain responses in the nerve endings of the joint. Either way, it's what your grandma has been saying for years: Some people feel pain in their joints when a storm is approaching."

Some people really can feel atmospheric pressure changes within their bodies.

Those with migraine, diabetes, high or low blood pressure, or osteoarthritis are the most susceptible to extra aches and pains before a storm. You can't control the weather, but understanding how weather changes affect you can help you prevent the worst or make better plans to weather the storm.