#MEwx Rain, smoke and todays cheap shot quotation

Good morning Augusta

Note: All readings shown below are taken as of 7:25  AM today.

This morning we have partly sunny skies turning mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Patchy smoke this afternoon with highs in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy conditions with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms this evening. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. We’ll have areas of smoke this evening, then patchy smoke after midnight. Humid with lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph gusting to 35 mph in the evening.

The outdoor temperature is 61.7°F, The dew point is 58.4°F, it feels like 61.9°F and the humidity is 89%

Sunrise is  5:12 AM and Sunset is 8:20 PM. We’ll have 15 hours 7 minutes of daylight today.

Moonrise is 10:07 AM and Moonset is 10:38 PM. The moon phase is Waxing crescent being 18% illuminated.

The next Full Moon is on July 29 and the next New Moon is on August 12.

There were no lightening strikes detected within range of this station in the past 24 hours.

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

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

The Relative pressure is 29.74, the Absolute pressure is 29.54 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain and clouds.

The UV index is 1  placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 129.3W/M2.

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

 

Todays cheap shot quotation is:

“Some people are born losers. Other people acquire the knack naturally.”

W.C. Fields