Wednesday, June 15, 2011
This goldenrod crab spider was lurking on the stem of a poppy in our back garden.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:40am it’s currently 50 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 49, barometric pressure 29.84″ and steady. We picked up 0.02″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 67, low 47.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for partly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. It’ll be much warmer with highs in the lower 80s and north winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until midnight, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows will be in the lower 50s with northwest winds around 10 mph until midnight becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 20%.
Thursday look for partly sunny skies with highs in the lower 80s and south winds around 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Thursday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the mid 50s and light and variable winds.
Friday’s looking partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs will be in the upper 70s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. Friday night should be partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows will be in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday’s looking partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 69 and a low of 41. We picked up 0.01″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 76 and lows of 55.
Record high was 97 in 1988.
Record low was 41 in 1923.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:07 AM
Sunset: 8:37 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 43m
Length of Day: 15h 30m
Tomorrow will be 0m 24s longer.
The moon is the full Strawberry Moon (Northeast Native American), 13d 13h old with 100% illumination.
Other names for this full moon include: “Rose” (Colonial American); “Flower” (English); “Horses” (Celtic); “Dyad” (Mediaval Wiccan); and “Planting” (Neo Pagan).
Moonrise: 8:42 PM
Moonset: 4:44 AM EDT
