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Flood warning upgrade for our area

The NWS forecasting service is now back online for our area. Flood watch remains in effect, but: Flood Warning Statement as of 1:30 PM EDT on April 15, 2014 The National Weather Service in gray has issued a * Flood Warning for the Kennebec river at Augusta * from this evening until further notice. * At 1 PM the stage was... 10.3 feet. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 12.0 feet. * Forecast to rise above flood stage by tonight and continue to rise to near 20.2 feet by tomorrow afternoon.   Lat... Lon 4425 6987 4417 6975 4443 6961 4452 6976   130 PM EDT Tue Apr 15 2014  

Warm, rain and very soggy

Good morning Augusta. This morning it is Tonight it will be The readings from my own instruments are: The humidity is 86% with a Dew Point of 52ºF and a wind chill of 49.1ºF. The temperature Is 55.4ºF. Our Wind direction is East Southeast Between 8.0 MPH and 15.5 MPH.   Our Barometric pressure is 30.12 HPA 1010 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain. The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise will be 5:55 a.m. sunset will be 7:23 PM and Moon Rise will be 8:02 p.m. EDT with the moon phase of aFull Moon. For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings are: METAR KAUG 151153Z AUTO 18010G19KT 8SM OVC006 12/11 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP095 T01220111 10122 20111 56007 Visibility is 8.0 miles/12.9 Kilometers with   We received     no rain here in the past 24 hours.

Flood watch remains in effect

And today we get an all day rain. Areal Flood Watch Statement as of 3:40 am EDT on April 15, 2014 Flood Watch remains in effect through Wednesday evening. The Flood Watch continues 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... Belknap... coastal Rockingham... interior Rockingham... Merrimack... northern Carroll... northern Coos... northern Grafton... southern Carroll... southern Coos... southern Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan. * Through Wednesday evening * the combination of rapid snow melt due to mild temperatures and periodic rainfall will keep ri

Heavy fog and warming up

Good morning Augusta. This morning it is overcast, then partly cloudy. Fog early. High of 72F. Winds from the South at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight it will be partly cloudy in the evening, then overcast with a chance of rain. Fog overnight. Low of 57F. Winds from the South at 10 to 15 mph. The readings from my own instruments are: The humidity is 85% with a Dew Point of 36ºF and a wind chill of 45ºF. The temperature Is 45ºF. Our Wind direction is East Northeast Between 3.3 MPH and 5.1 MPH.   Our Barometric pressure is 30.27 HPA 1014 and fallinging with a weather graphic indicating rain. We have no UV rating because of the heavy fog, Sunrise will be 5:56 a.m. sunset will be 7:22 PM and Moon Rise will be 6:57 p.m. EDT with the current moon phase being waxing Gibbous. For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings are: METAR KAUG 141153Z AUTO 22003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 03/03 A2995 Visibility is 0.2 miles/0.4 Kilometers with a lo

Flood Watch remains in effect

Areal Flood Watch Statement as of 3:44 am EDT on April 14, 2014 Flood Watch remains in effect through Wednesday evening. The Flood Watch continues 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... Belknap... coastal Rockingham... interior Rockingham... Merrimack... northern Carroll... northern Coos... northern Grafton... southern Carroll... southern Coos... southern Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan. * Through Wednesday evening * the combination of rapid snow melt due to mild temperatures and periodic rainfall will keep rivers running high through

Overcast and raw outside

Good morning Augusta. This morning it is overcast with a chance of rain, then thunderstorms and a chance of rain in the afternoon. High of 54F. Winds from the East at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the SSE in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40%. Tonight it will be overcast with thunderstorms and a chance of rain in the evening, then partly cloudy. Fog overnight. Low of 45F. Winds from the SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20%. The readings from my own instruments are: The humidity is 54% with a Dew Point of 27ºF and a wind chill of 35.3ºF. The temperature Is 43ºF. Our Wind direction is Northe1st Between 7.3 MPH and 14.3 MPH.   Our Barometric pressure is 30.65 HPA 1027 and Rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. Our UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise will be 5:580 a.m. sunset will be 7:20 PM and Moon Rise will be 5:52 p.m. EDT with the current moon phase being waxing Gibbous. For the pilots out there, Raw Metar readings ar

Flood watch for our location

Areal Flood Watch Statement as of 3:44 am EDT on April 13, 2014 Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday evening... The National Weather Service in gray has issued a * 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... Belknap... coastal Rockingham... interior Rockingham... Merrimack... northern Carroll... northern Coos... northern Grafton... southern Carroll... southern Coos... southern Grafton... Strafford and Sullivan. * Through Wednesday evening * the combination of mild temperatures... rainfall... and snow melt will keep most rivers runni