Wednesday, May 18, 2011: Starting to dry up...

So many shades of green up on Shaker Mountain Road yesterday.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:35am it’s currently a balmy 58 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are out of the SW at 0-4mph. Relative humidity is 84%, dewpoint 53, barometric pressure 30.08″ and steady. We picked up 0.04″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 64, low 57.

Forecast:

The forecast for today calls for showers with highs in the mid 60s and light and variable winds becoming southeasterly around 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. Tonight should be cloudy with a 50% chance of showers. Lows will be in the lower 50s with south winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

Thursday showers are likely. Highs will be in the mid 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. Thursday night will be cloudy with a 50% chance of showers. Lows will be in the lower 50s with light and variable winds.

Friday’s looking mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the upper 60s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 75 and a low of 40.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 69 and lows of 46.

Record high was 89 in 1989.

Record low was 29 in 1983.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:22 AM

Sunset: 8:15 PM

Length Of Visible Light: 16h 01m

Length of Day: 14h 53m

Tomorrow will be 2m 3s longer.

The moon is waning gibbous, 15d 3h old with 99% illumination

Moonrise: 10:01 PM

Moonset: 6:01 AM

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