#MEwx, Wind Advisory in effect, windy, sun and today's cheap shot quotation

Good morning Augusta

We’re under a Wind Advisory, posted in full at the bottom of this post.

This morning we have partly sunny skies with highs in the lower 40s. Winds are light and variable, becoming south around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies this evening, turning cloudy with a chance of rain after midnight. Areas of fog with lows in the lower 30s. Temperatures rising into the lower 40s after midnight. South winds 15 to 20 mph gusting to 30 mph.

The outdoor temperature is 26.6°F, the Humidity is 85% and the Dew Point is 22.7°F with a wind chill of 26.6°F.

We didn’t receive any measurable rain or snow here over the past 24 hours, but it sure is melting out there.

Sunrise is 7:11 am, sunset is 4:02 PM and we’ll have 8 hours 51 minutes of daylight today.

Moonrise is 6:10 AM,  Moonset is 2:29 PM. The moon phase is a NEW MOON and is xx% illuminated. Our next full moon will be on January 3  and our next new moon is on January 18.

The wind is from the North Northeast between 2.0 MPH and 3.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.00, the Absolute pressure is 29.80 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and clouds.

The UV index is 0 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 10.3W/M2.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with mostly cloudy skies.

 

Todays’ cheap shot quotation is:

“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?”

Barbra Streisand

 

 

National Weather Service Gray ME

11:58 PM EST Wed Dec 17 2025

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and western Maine

  and central, northern, and southern New Hampshire.

* WHEN...From 8 AM to 7 PM EST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree

  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high

profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

 

Counties?towns:

Southern Oxford-Southern Franklin-Southern Somerset-Interior York-

Central Interior Cumberland-Androscoggin-Kennebec-Interior Waldo-

Coastal York-Coastal Cumberland-Sagadahoc-Interior Cumberland

Highlands-Southern Carroll-Merrimack-Belknap-Strafford-Eastern

Hillsborough-Interior Rockingham-Coastal Rockingham-Western And

Central Hillsborough-

Including the cities of Montville, Harrison, Saco, Goodwins

Mills, Waldo, Brookfield, Seabrook, Dunbarton, Somersworth,

Palmyra, Laconia, Newton, Minot, Sabattus, Norway, New

Gloucester, Meredith, Moultonborough, Nashua, Liberty, Morrill,

Gilford, Augusta, Ossipee, Tuftonboro, Bath, Plaistow, New

Sharon, Greene, Naples, Pelham, Portsmouth, Unity, Topsham,

Hampstead, Mont Vernon, Turner, Cornville, Hanover, Milton,

Winterport, Atkinson, Jay, Fryeburg, Waterville, Gray, Buxton,

Milford, Greenland, Weare, Temple, Rumford, Boscawen, Limington,

Vassalboro, Loudon, Manchester, Goffstown, Livermore Falls,

Lewiston, Chester, Berwick, Palermo, New Vineyard, Barrington,

Biddeford, Dover, Wilton, Gorham, Madison, North Hampton,

Bowdoinham, Knox, Brunswick, Wolfeboro, Skowhegan, Oxford,

Bridgton, Pittsfield, Durham, Hollis, Phippsburg, Bryant Pond,

Kittery, Bowdoin, Salem, Wakefield, Yarmouth, Brooks, Rochester,

Windsor, Wales, Rye, Alfred, Lebanon, South Portland,

Bridgewater, Sidney, Portland, Madbury, Farmington, Newry,

Rollinsford, Sharon, Amherst, Canterbury, Arrowsic, Jackson,

Sanford, Hooksett, Old Orchard Beach, North Windham, Exeter,

Bethel, Embden, Westbrook, Athens, China, Hampton, Peterborough,

Derry, Chesterville, Hampton Falls, Concord, Cape Elizabeth,

Auburn, and Locke Mills

1158 PM EST Wed Dec 17 2025