Augusta, Maine Weather

Winter Storm Warning, Blizzard Watch: expires 9:00 PM EST on February 13, 2017 Statement as of 4:20 PM EST on February 11, 2017 Winter Storm Warning in effect from 2 PM Sunday to 4 am EST Monday. Blizzard watch in effect from late Sunday night through Monday evening. Winter Weather Advisory is cancelled. The National Weather Service in gray has issued a Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow... which is in effect from 2 PM Sunday to 4 am EST Monday. A blizzard watch has also been issued. This blizzard watch is in effect from late Sunday night through Monday evening. The Winter Weather Advisory has been cancelled. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect. * Hazard types... heavy snow, strong winds, and blowing snow. * Accumulations... snow accumulation of 18 to 24 inches. * Timing... some light snow and patchy freezing drizzle may fall this evening and intermittently overnight. Snow is then expected to redevelop Sunday afternoon and become heavy at times Sunday night and Monday. Winds

Winter Weather Advisory, Winter Storm Watch statement as of 11:53 am EST on February 11, 2017 Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 8 PM EST this evening. Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Sunday morning through Monday evening. * hazard types... light snow today. Heavy snow and gusty winds Sunday and Monday. The snow will likely mix with rain for a time Sunday and Sunday night on the immediate coast. * Accumulations... 3 to 6 inches today with locally higher amounts. Snow accumulation of 14 to 18 inches expected Sunday and Monday. * Timing... light snow throughout today and ends early this evening. Snow begins again late Sunday morning or early afternoon and becomes heavy at times Sunday afternoon and night. The snow will taper off Monday afternoon. * Impacts... slippery roads today. On Sunday, snow will develop and become heavy at times during the afternoon and especially Sunday night. The snow will be blown about by strong winds at  times, mainly near the coast. So

Winter Weather Advisory, Winter Storm Watch statement as of 8:20 am EST on February 11, 2017 Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 8 PM EST this evening. Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Sunday morning through Monday evening. The National Weather Service in gray has issued a Winter Weather  Advisory for snow which is in effect until 8 PM EST this evening. * Hazard types... light snow today. Heavy snow and gusty winds Sunday and Monday. The snow will likely mix with rain for a time Sunday and Sunday night on the immediate coast. * Accumulations... 3 to 6 inches today. Snow accumulation of 14 to 18 inches Sunday and Monday. * Timing... light snow throughout today and ends early this evening. Snow begins again late Sunday morning or early afternoon and becomes heavy at times Sunday afternoon and night. The snow will taper off Monday afternoon. * Impacts... slippery roads today. On Sunday, snow will develop and become heavy at times during the afternoon and especially Sunday n

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have periods of snow and a high of 21ºF. Winds from the NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80%. Snow accumulating 3 to 5 inches. Tonight we’ll have clouds with snow showers mainly during the evening hours.  Low will be 16ºF. Winds will be from the N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 40%. The readings from my weather instruments in the North field are: Humidity is 75%, the dew point is 01.0ºF, outside it’s -15.1ºC and 5.0ºF. The wind direction is North Northwest between 4.0 MPH and 2.9 MPH, generating a wind chill of 5.0ºF. The Barometric pressure is 30.21 / HPA 1023.0 and steady with a weather graphic indicating clouds. The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:44 a.m. Sunset is 5:03 P.M. Moon rise is at 6:00 p.m., Moon set is 7:00 a.m. and tonight we have a full moon.    The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is: SPECI KAUG 111208Z AUTO 01004KT 3/4SM -SN OVC022 M16/M22 A3014 RMK AO2 SNB1154 P0000 T11611217 Visibility is 0.8 mil

Winter Storm Watch statement as of 3:45 PM EST on February 10, 2017 Winter Storm Watch in effect from Sunday morning through Monday evening. The National Weather Service in gray has issued a Winter Storm Watch which is in effect from Sunday morning through Monday evening. * Hazard types... heavy snow and gusty winds. The snow will likely mix with rain for a time Sunday and Sunday night on the immediate coast. * Accumulations... 6 or more inches of snow possible. Some areas may see over a foot. * Timing... snow begins late Sunday morning or early afternoon and becomes heavy at times Sunday afternoon and night. The snow will taper off Monday afternoon. * Impacts... on Sunday, snow will develop and become heavy at times during the afternoon and especially Sunday night. The snow will be blown about by strong winds at times, mainly near the coast. Some power outages possible due to heavy wet snow where temperatures remain near 32 degrees and where rain mixes in near the coast. Near-blizza

This mornings Space Weather is: Today’s Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 448 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%. So, now you know how to dress the kids on their way out the door for school this morning, right?

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have partly cloudy skies and an expected high of 12ºF. Winds are out of the WNW at 15 to 25 mph. Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with heavier clouds for overnight. Flurries or snow showers possible late. Low near 0ºF. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. The readings from my weather instruments in the North field are: Humidity is 75%, the dew point is -2.0ºF, outside it’s -14.0ºC and 7.0ºF. The wind direction is Southwest between 5.1 MPH and 11.0 MPH, generating a wind chill of 4.5ºF. The Barometric pressure is 29.92 / HPA 1014.9 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:45 a.m. Sunset is 5:01 P.M. Moon rise is at 4:53 p.m., Moon set is 6:22 a.m. and tonight we have a full moon.    The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is: METAR KAUG 101153Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM FEW048 M16/M23 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP130 60000 70011 T11561228 11133 21161 51036 $ Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers wit