Monday, June 27, 2011: Sun!
This large snapping turtle was waiting to cross the Main Road by the Audubon Center yesterday. I hope he (she?) made it across safely!
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:25am it’s currently 52 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 96%, dewpoint 51, barometric pressure 30.02″ and rising we picked up 0.52″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 73, low 51.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 80s and light and variable winds. Tonight should be clear. Lows will be in the mid 50s with light and variable winds becoming southeasterly around 10 mph after midnight.
Tuesday should start off mostly sunny with highs in the lower 80s and south winds 10 to 15 mph. Tuesday night showers and thunderstorms will move in as a cold front currently entering the Ohio River valley pushes into the area. Lows will be in the mid 60s with southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday’s looking partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the lower 70s with northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 77 and a low of 56. We picked up 0.30″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 79 and lows of 58.
Record high was 96 in 2007 (we had a high of 92).
Record low was 44 in 1927.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:09 AM
Sunset: 8:40 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 43m
Length of Day: 15h 30m
Tomorrow will be 0m 28s shorter.
The moon is a waning crescent, 25d 13h old with 16% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:02 AM
Moonset: 5:24 PM
