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#MEwx Warmer temps, sun and clouds with Chicken Stew

Good morning Augusta. I’ve put up a Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time weather readings online here . This morning we have partly sunny skies with highs in the mid 60s. Temperatures falling into the mid 50s this afternoon with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 30 mph. Tonight we’ll have clear conditions with cooler temperatures, with lows in the mid 30s. Winds will be north around 10 mph gusting to 25 mph. We received 0.49 inches of  rain here over the past 24 hours.  The wind is west Northwest between  2.2 MPH and 2.7 MPH. The Relative pressure is 29.59, the Absolute pressure is 29.39 and rising with a weather graphic indicating clouds and sun. The  outdoor temperature is 56.7°F, the dew point is 56.4°F, the heat index is 56.7°F and the humidity is 99%. Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with cloudy skies. The UV index is 0 placing the average person at no risk, the solar radiation reading is 20.5W/m

#MEwx Unexplained, spooky Halloween tale #1 of 3 for this week

The following legend is the first of three tales  written for Halloween. Everything below is fiction. Or is it? Ask some of the old-timers in Sidney and Augusta.   --------- What follows was discovered by some hikers about two months ago in an abandoned (discarded?) hikers pack. My name is Roland dusette and I have spent the past month and a half researching two heretofore unknown legends in Maine from the Augusta and Sidney area. As an independent journalist I plan to submit the following tale to print media outlets in Maine in the hope of selling them.   Poster’s Note: The two legends that appear below were found in a hiker’s backpack along with a cell phone belonging to Mr. Dusette. The backpack was found between West River Road and roughly 100 feet from the Kennebec river in a thickly wooded area north of Augusta on the Augusta/Sidney town line. Mr. Dusette has neither been seen nor heard from in the past three weeks. Mr. Roland dusette’s draft story be

#MEwx Rainy, foggy a Flood Watch and One-Pan Pasta and Meatballs

Good morning Augusta. I’ve put up a Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time weather readings online here . This morning we have another flood warning (posted below) with a chance for rain, then rain with isolated thunderstorms during afternoon hours. Areas of dense fog this morning with patchy fog. Rain may be heavy at times this afternoon with highs in the lower 60s. Winds will be light and variable. Tonight we’ll have clouds with rain likely and a slight chance for thunderstorms. Areas of fog. Lows in the mid 50s with light and variable winds. We received 0.02 inches of rain here over the past 24 hours. More is on the way for today and tonight. The wind is East between  0.0 MPH and 2.9 MPH. The Relative pressure is 29.75, the Absolute pressure is 29.55 and falling with a weather graphic indicating clouds and rain. The  outdoor temperature is 61.0°F, the dew point is 60.7°F, the heat index is 61.0°F and the humidity is 99%. Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilomete