Augusta, Maine Weather

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have clouds with a 50% chance for rain showers, including some thunder. High will reach 74ºF. Winds light and variable. Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with increasing clouds tonight. Low 61 ºF. Winds will be light and variable. The readings from my weather instruments are: Humidity is 73%, the Dew Point is 63.2ºF and the outdoor temp is 61.9ºF. The wind direction is  West Southwest between 2.0 MPH and 7.4 MPH, with a heat index of 61ºF. The Relative pressure is 29.89, the Absolute pressure is 29.69 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:18 a.m. Sunset is 6:49 P.M. Moon rise is 12:59 a.m., Moon set is 4:08 p.m., and the moon phase is waning crescent being 26% illuminated. The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are: METAR KAUG 151053Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM BKN095 OVC120 16/13 A3004 RMK AO2 RAB0955E35 SLP171 P0000 T01610133 Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with m ostly clou

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have clouds with a 50% chance for rain showers, including some thunder. High will reach 74ºF. Winds light and variable. Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy conditions with increasing clouds tonight. Low 61 ºF. Winds will be light and variable. The readings from my weather instruments are: Humidity is 73%, the Dew Point is 63.2ºF and the outdoor temp is 61.9ºF. The wind direction is  West Southwest between 2.0 MPH and 7.4 MPH, with a heat index of 61ºF. The Relative pressure is 29.89, the Absolute pressure is 29.69 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:18 a.m. Sunset is 6:49 P.M. Moon rise is 12:59 a.m., Moon set is 4:08 p.m., and the moon phase is waning crescent being 26% illuminated. The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are: METAR KAUG 151053Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM BKN095 OVC120 16/13 A3004 RMK AO2 RAB0955E35 SLP171 P0000 T01610133 Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with m ostly clou

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have partly cloudy skies with a slight chance for a rain shower. High will reach 81ºF. Winds will be light and variable. Tonight we’ll have a 30% chance of a few showers with overcast skies. Low around 60 ºF. Winds light and variable. The readings from my weather instruments are: Humidity is 08%, the Dew Point is 56ºF and the outdoor temp is 56.5ºF. The wind direction is  West Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH, with a heat index of 56ºF. The Relative pressure is 29.55, the Absolute pressure is 29.35 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:17 a.m. Sunset is 6:51 P.M. Moon rise is 12:00 a.m., Moon set is 3:14 p.m., and the moon phase is in it’s last quarter being 36% illuminated. The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are: METAR KAUG 141053Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP102 T01330122 Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with some cloud cover up there, no altitude mea

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have partly cloudy skies with a slight chance for a rain shower. High will reach 81ºF. Winds will be light and variable. Tonight we’ll have a 30% chance of a few showers with overcast skies. Low around 60 ºF. Winds light and variable. The readings from my weather instruments are: Humidity is 08%, the Dew Point is 56ºF and the outdoor temp is 56.5ºF. The wind direction is  West Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH, with a heat index of 56ºF. The Relative pressure is 29.55, the Absolute pressure is 29.35 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:17 a.m. Sunset is 6:51 P.M. Moon rise is 12:00 a.m., Moon set is 3:14 p.m., and the moon phase is in it’s last quarter being 36% illuminated. The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are: METAR KAUG 141053Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP102 T01330122 Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with some cloud cover up there, no altitude mea

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have partly cloudy skies with a slight chance for a rain shower. High will reach 81ºF. Winds will be light and variable. Tonight we’ll have a 30% chance of a few showers with overcast skies. Low around 60 ºF. Winds light and variable. The readings from my weather instruments are: Humidity is 08%, the Dew Point is 56ºF and the outdoor temp is 56.5ºF. The wind direction is  West Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.2 MPH, with a heat index of 56ºF. The Relative pressure is 29.55, the Absolute pressure is 29.35 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:17 a.m. Sunset is 6:51 P.M. Moon rise is 12:00 a.m., Moon set is 3:14 p.m., and the moon phase is in it’s last quarter being 36% illuminated. The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are: METAR KAUG 141053Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP102 T01330122 Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with some cloud cover up there, no altitude mea

Those of you who have followed my recent blog posts about the seemingly nonstop solar storm activity we’ve been subjected to over the past week or so, will note that I’ve said that there is no scientific evidence to support any connection with them and our particularly brutal hurricane season. It would seem that I wasn’t completely correct in that “no evidence” statement. Below is a copy and paste of an article lifted in whole from the Old Farmer’s almanac. Over the years I’ve grown an increasingly elevated degree of respect for those folks. IF you have the chance I highly recommend going to their web site online.  In my view they “do things right” there. From The Old Farmer's Almanac: WINTER OUTLOOK 2017–2018: COLDER THAN LAST YEAR COLD WEATHER IS COMING . . . BUT HOW COLD AND FOR HOW LONG? Overall, the long-range winter forecast for 2017–2018 shows generally colder temperatures than last winter for the  U.S.  and Canada but not colder than a typical winter, based on historical a

Good Morning Augusta This morning we have sunshine with a high near 80ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight we’ll have clear to partly cloudy skies with a low of 58 ºF. Winds light and variable. The readings from my weather instruments are: Humidity is 71%, the Dew Point is 53.1ºF and the outdoor temp is 62.4ºF. The wind direction is  Southeast between 2.7 MPH and 4.9 MPH, with a heat index of 62ºF. The Relative pressure is 29.71, the Absolute pressure is 29.51 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun. The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:16 a.m. Sunset is 6:52 P.M. Moon rise is xx:xx p.m., Moon set is 2:14 p.m., and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 48% illuminated. The RAW METAR readings from Augusta’s airport are: METAR KAUG 131053Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T01670117 Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies again today. We didn’t receive any rain here over the past 24 hours. Space Weather for this morning is: Today’s Solar