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Bright, sunny and hot

Good Morning Augusta. This morning it is clear, then partly cloudy. High of 88F. Winds from the West at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight it will be partly cloudy. Low of 61F. Winds from the SW at 5 to 10 mph. The readings outside at this moment taken from my own instruments are: a relative humidity of 67% with a Dew Point of 63.7º F. The temperature is 75ºF. Presently we have West Southwest winds between 3.1 mph and 4.4 mph. Our Barometric pressure is 29.53/HPA 1000.0 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. UV is 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:26 PM with Moon Rise at 5:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is waxing gibbous. We had 0.05 inches of rain in the past 24 hours, but no precipitation overnight. Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with a clear ceiling.

Light rain

Good Morning Augusta. This morning it is partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain. High of 86F. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Tonight it will be partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain in the evening, then clear. Low of 63F. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. The readings outside at this moment taken from my own instruments are: a relative humidity of 90% with a Dew Point of 62.2º F. The temperature is 65.5ºF. Presently we have East Northeast winds between 2.5 mph and 4.0 mph. Our Barometric pressure is 29.55/HPA 1000.6 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. UV is 2 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:27 PM with Moon Rise at 4:04 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is waxing gibbous. We had precipitation overnight in this area of 0.12 inches and in the past hour of 0.02 inches. We have a light rain outside right now. Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1

Sunshine!

Good Morning Augusta, the sun is out and its drying out! This morning it is mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. High of 79F. Winds from the WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Tonight it will be partly cloudy. Fog overnight. Low of 57F. Winds less than 5 mph. The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments are: a relative humidity of 72% with a Dew Point of 61.9º F. The temperature is 71.2ºF. Presently we have West Southwest winds between 1.3 mph and 4.0 mph. Our Barometric pressure is 29.60/HPA 1002.3 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. UV is 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:27 PM with Moon Rise at 2:51 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is waxing gibbous. We had precipitation overnight in this area of 0.02 inches. Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clouds to 11,000 ft / 3352 m.

Glimmers of sun through the clouds

Good Morning Augusta. This morning it is overcast with rain showers, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers in the afternoon. High of 70F. Winds from the WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Tonight it will be overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 55F. Winds from the West at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments are: a relative humidity of 90% with a Dew Point of 61.4º F. The temperature is 64.4ºF. Presently we have West Southwest winds between 2.7 mph and 1.6 mph. Our Barometric pressure is 29.39/HPA 995.2 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain. UV is 1 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:27 PM with Moon Rise at 1:38 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is First Quarter. We had precipitation overnight in this area of 0.51 inches. Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast to 6500 ft / 1,981 m. This summer seems to be shaping up to be a real hot one. S

Flash Flood Watch now in effect

Flash Flood Watch Expires 9:00 PM EDT on June 26, 2012 Statement as of 8:42 am EDT on June 26, 2012 ... Flash Flood Watch in effect through this evening... The National Weather Service in gray has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of western Maine and New Hampshire... including the following areas... in western Maine... Androscoggin... Central Somerset... coastal Cumberland... coastal Waldo... coastal York... interior Cumberland... interior Waldo... interior York... Kennebec... Knox... Lincoln... northern Franklin... northern Oxford... Sagadahoc... southern Franklin... southern Oxford and southern Somerset. In New Hampshire, northern Carroll... northern Coos... southern Carroll... southern Coos and Strafford. * Through this evening * locally very heavy rainfall will occur today. Most areas will receive an inch or two additional rainfall in the watch area through early this evening. However... a few communities may have several inches of rain in

Wet and rainy morning

Good Morning Augusta, its another wet, rainy and humid morning. This morning it is overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers. High of 70F. Winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain 80% with rainfall amounts near 0.4 in. possible. Tonight it will be overcast with rain showers. Low of 55F. Winds from the West at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70% with rainfall amounts near 0.5 in. possible. The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments are: a relative humidity of 96% with a Dew Point of 60.5º F. The temperature is 61.7ºF. Presently we have lazy, sticky East Northeast winds between 1.1 mph and 2.7 mph. Our Barometric pressure is 29.54/HPA 1000.3 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain. UV is 0 out of 16, sunset will be at 8:27 PM with Moon Rise at 12:26 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. We had precipitation overnight in this area measured at 0.52 inches and it is raining very lightly outs

Weather Statement

UV is now 4 out of 16 and the glass is dropping Special Statement Statement as of 12:46 PM EDT on June 25, 2012 Strong thunderstorms will impact Belknap County, Strafford County, Androscoggin County, Kennebec County and Oxford County. Also Carroll County, York County, Cumberland County and Franklin County through 2:15 PM EDT. At 1245 PM EDT National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms centered along a line extending from 9 miles west of Topsham Maine to 4 miles east of laconianew Hampshire... moving north at 30 mph. This strong thunderstorm will affect areas in and around Wentworth State Park... East Alton... West Newfield... Steep Falls... Bradbury Mountain State Park... Standish... Pownal... North Yarmouth... North Windham and Newfield through 215 PM EDT. Heavy rainfall can be expected... with local ponding in streets and low-lying areas. Wind gusts up to 30 mph are possible. If you are outdoors and storms approach your location... move