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Mist 73°
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- Visibility
  10 mi
- Cloud
  Cover
  100%
- Ceiling
  11116 ft
Today

May 18

Hi 86°
Thundershower
Fair for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  26%
- Precip
  43%
- Hours of Precip
  3
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Tomorrow

May 19

Hi 84°
A couple of thunderstorms
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  95%
- Precip
  66%
- Hours of Precip
  7
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Monday

May 20

Hi 85°
Some sun with a thunderstorm
Poor for stargazing
- Cloud
  Cover
  84%
- Precip
  40%
- Hours of Precip
  2.5
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Showers and thunderstorms around this evening through Monday afternoon

5/18 5/19 Now: 1:53pm

PM 1-5

1pm Cloudy 73° 47%
2pm Cloudy 77° 43%
3pm Mostly Cloudy 83° 47%
4pm Thunderstorms 85° 51%
5pm Mostly Cloudy 85° 40%

PM 6-11

6pm Mostly Cloudy 86° 34%
7pm Intermittent Clouds 83° 33%
8pm Mostly Sunny 80° 33%
9pm Mostly Clear 77° 33%
10pm Mostly Clear 74° 39%
11pm Partly Cloudy w/ T-Storms 72° 51%

AM 12-5

12am Mostly Clear 70° 47%
1am Mostly Clear 69° 43%
2am Mostly Clear 68° 47%
3am Partly Cloudy w/ T-Storms 66° 51%
4am Mostly Clear 65° 47%
5am Mostly Clear 64° 31%

AM 6-11

6am Mostly Clear 64° 31%
7am Mostly Sunny 64° 37%
8am Mostly Cloudy w/ T-Storms 67° 52%
9am Intermittent Clouds 69° 48%
10am Intermittent Clouds 72° 47%
11am Mostly Cloudy w/ T-Storms 75° 51%

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Augusta, GA Weather Forecast

May 18, 2013; 1:45 AM ET Thunderstorms in the area tomorrow morning through Monday afternoon

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Solunar Information for Aiken, SC

Sunrise/Sunset

Rises at 6:24 AM with 13:59 of sunlight, then sets at 8:23 PM

Moonrise/Moonset

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Rises at 1:45 PM with 12:43 of moolight, then sets at 2:28 AM

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Fallout from Huge Solar Flare Sideswipes Earth Today

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 10:05 AM ET

The sun storm erupted late Tuesday (May 14) during a powerful solar flare — the fourth unleashed by a single sunspot in just 48 hours — and hurled a massive cloud of charged particles out into space at millions of miles an hour.
Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens

Space.com - May 18, 2013; 9:57 AM ET

The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.
Yum! Curiosity Rover Swallows 1st Mars Sample, Finds Odd Bright Stuff

Space.com - May 16, 2013; 10:40 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has swallowed its first tiny bite of Martian soil, after standing down for a spell while scientists checked out some strange bright bits in the dirt.
Oops! The 5 Greatest Scientific Blunders

LiveScience.com - May 16, 2013; 10:23 AM ET

These stories serve to show how even the smartest among us can err, and that in fact to achieve a big breakthrough, big risks are necessary, which sometimes also involve big failures.
Forget the Moon. Let's Go to Mars.

NationalGeographic.com - May 15, 2013; 8:04 AM ET

Buzz Aldrin says the Red Planet should be humankind's next destination.
Giant Gas Clouds Found In Void Between Nearby Galaxies

Space.com - May 12, 2013; 6:53 AM ET

A never-before-seen interstellar network of gas between two nearby galaxies may provide the raw material needed to fuel star formation for billions of years, scientists say.
Photos: 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Captured

Weather.AOL.com - May 11, 2013; 9:19 AM ET

A stunning solcar eclipse was visible for cities such as Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, on Friday, May 10, 2013.
Mars Rover Curiosity to Drill Into Bumpy 'Cumberland' Rock

Space.com - May 10, 2013; 11:55 AM ET

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will perform its second-ever drilling operation soon, boring into a knobby section of bedrock dubbed "Cumberland," space agency officials announced Thursday.