#MEwx Warm with sun, some clouds and your weather proverb

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have partly sunny skies with highs in the mid 70s. Winds are light and variable.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions  with lows in the mid 50s. Winbds will remain light and variable.

The outdoor temperature is 59.5°F, the Dew Point is 55.6°F and it feels like 59.5°F.

We received 0.02 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours.

Sunrise is 5:27 am, sunset is 8:05 PM and we’ll have 14 hours 38 minutes of daylight today.

Moonrise is 1:48 PM,  Moonset is 11:19 PM. The moon phase is Waxing Gibbous and is 49% 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 5.4 MPH and 9.8 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.98, the Absolute pressure is 29.78 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

The humidity is 88%, the UV index is 1 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 180.3W/M2.

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

 

“The ash before the oak, choke, choke, choke, the oak before the ash, splash, splash, splash.”

This proverb is more of a long-range predictor than the others in this list. The “ash before the oak” refers to budding; the “splash” refers to wet weather. If ash trees bud before oak trees, expect a drier summer; if the reverse, expect a wetter summer.

The timing of when trees bud is related to the moisture content of the soil. A dry fall and winter means little moisture in the topsoil, but there could still be moisture deeper within. A wet fall and winter means a moist topsoil, which leads to a quick budding for ash trees because of their shallow root system. If previous seasons have been dry, an oak’s deep root system will tap into the deeper parts of the soil, and bud before the ash.

How does this relate to a long-term weather prediction? It’s based on the simple theory of mother nature trying to maintain balance and average precipitation. Dry seasons are generally followed by wet seasons, and vice versa.