Friday, May 20, 2011:
Solomon seal just about to bloom in our back yard. I just love the rich green feel of this photo...
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:40am it’s currently 58 degrees and drizzling slightly under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 58, barometric pressure 29.94″. We picked up 0.22″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 75, low 57.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for patchy fog this morning then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 70s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms until midnight, then becoming mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows will be in the lower 50s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday should be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the lower 70s with light and variable winds, becoming northerly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. Saturday night should be mostly cloudy with lows in the upper 40s and northeast winds around 10 mph.
Sunday’s looking mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s and south winds around 10 mph. Sunday night should be cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows will be in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 79 and a low of 41.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 70 and lows of 47.
Record high was 91 in 1975.
Record low was 30 in 2002 (we had a low of 31 and some frost.)
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:20 AM
Sunset: 8:17 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 05m
Length of Day : 14h 57m
Tomorrow will be 2m 0s longer.
The moon is waning gibbous, 17d 4h old with 89% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:38 PM
Moonset: 8:06 AM
