#MEwx rainy and cooler and how the and your medications get impacted by extreme heat
Good morning Augusta
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This morning we have patchy fog and mostly cloudy with a chance of showers, then partly sunny this afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s with Northwest winds around 10 mph gusting to 25 mph.
Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions with lows around 60°F. Winds will be Northwest 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
The outdoor temperature is 71.2°F, the dewpoint is 70.9°F and it feels like 72.7°F.
We received 0.27 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.
Today’s sunrise is 5:13 AM, sunset is 8:19 PM and we’ll have 15 hours 6 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 6:30 PM and Moonset is 6:44 AM. The moon phase is Waxing Gibbous and is 87% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on July 21 and our next new moon is on August 4.
The wind velocity is between 1.3 MPH and 2.2 MPH from the Northeast.
The Relative pressure is 29.61, the Absolute pressure is 29.41 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.
The Humidity is 99%, the UV index is 1 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 146.7W/m2.
Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with Sun and clouds.
The newscasters and weather people on TV all keep telling us that this extreme heat can adversely effect the elderly and those on medications.
So, I looked up the “how” and “why” of it all.
I’d read this if I were you.
This isn’t the only web site with this type of information on it, but it’s a fair, easy to read start on the topic.
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