#MEwx Hot 'N muggy today with your weather proverb

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with warm temps and highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph gusting to 25 mph this afternoon with Heat index values in the lower 90s.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear conditions with humid conditions with lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 10 mph.

The outdoor temperature is 65.7°F, the Dew Point is 64.2°F and it feels like 65.7°F.

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

Sunrise is 5:18 am, sunset is 8:14 PM and we’ll have 14 hours 55 minutes of daylight today.

Moonrise is 4:40  AM,  Moonset is 8:42 PM. The moon phase is a NEW MOON and is XX% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on August 9 and our next new moon is on August 23.

The wind is from the North between 1.1 MPH and 4.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.87, the Absolute pressure is 29.67 and falling with a weather graphic indicating sun and some clouds.

The humidity is 94%, the UV index is 2 placing the average person at moderate risk and the solar radiation reading is 239.5W/M2.

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

 

“Mackerel skies and mares’ tails make tall ships carry low sails.”

“Mackerel” in this proverb is referring to altocumulus clouds, while “mares’ tails” is referring to cirrus clouds. Seeing these in the sky can mean a low pressure system is coming. In the immediate future (24 hours or so), you’ll see good weather. But the mackerels and mares’ tails are the first visible signs of an approaching warm front, which provides the ingredients for storms. As the system rolls in, the clouds will become thicker and thicker until the rain starts to fall.

So when a ship would see these signs, they’d lower the sails and batten down the hatches in preparation of incoming bad weather.