#MEwx Hot, muggy and a heat advisory with todays cheap shot quotation

Good morning Augusta

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

We’re under a heat advisory today, take it seriously and stay out of the heat!

This morning we have partly sunny skies with patchy fog. A slight chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Winds are light and variable. Heat index values in the upper 90s this afternoon.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with a slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms this evening. Patchy fog after midnight and humid with lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.  Heat index values in the lower 90s early in the evening.

The Outdoor temperature is 74.7°F, the Dew Point is 72.9°F and the heat index is 76.3°F with 93% humidity.

Sunrise is 5:34 AM, Sunset is 7:58 PM and we’ll have 14 hours 24 minutes of daylight today.

Moonrise is 12:21 AM, Moonset is 4:03 PM. The moon phase is Waning Crescent being 46% illuminated.

The next Full Moon is August 28 and the next New Moon is on August 12.

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

There were no detectible lightening strikes here over the past 24 hours.

The wind is 1.6 MPH from the North Northeast gusting to 3.4 MPH.

The relative barometric pressure is 29.85, the absolute barometric pressure is 29.65 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun and a few clouds.

The UV index is 3 placing the average person at high risk and the solar radiation reading is 346.3W/M2.

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

 

Todays cheap shot quotation is:

“A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz