Monday, May 30, 2011: Memorial Day
A bumble bee collects nectar from an azalea blossom next to the house.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 7:40am it’s currently 66 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 96%, dewpoint 65, barometric pressure 30.00″ and rising rapidly. We picked up 0.89″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 81, low 65.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for partly sunny skies. Highs will be around 80 with north winds around 10 mph. Tonight should be mostly clear with lows in the lower 50s and north winds around 10 mph until midnight becoming light and variable.
Tuesday’s looking partly sunny. Highs will be in the lower 80s with light and variable winds. Tuesday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the lower 60s and light and variable winds.
Wednesday showers and thunderstorms are likely. Highs will be in the lower 80s with south winds 15 to 20 mph gusitng up to 40 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. Wednesday night should be mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 67 and a low of 48. We picked up 0.11″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 73 and lows of 50.
Record high was 92 in 1987.
Record low was 28 in 1961.
Sky Notes:
Sunries: 5:12 AM
Sunset: 8:27 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 25m
Length of Day: 15h 14m
Tomorrow will be 1m 27s longer.
The moon is a waning crescent, 27d 4h old with 6% illumination.
Moonrise: 3:30 AM
Moonset: 6:35 PM
