Saturday, July 2, 2011
A bright red spider mite dances along a spreading dogbane blossom in our front field.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 8:15am it’s currently 64 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 63, barometric pressure 30.06″ and rising. 24hr high was 73, low 52.
Forecast:
High pressure has moved in and will give us pretty nice day today. We’ll have highs in the lower 80s with light and variable winds. Tonight should be clear until midnight then become partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight as cold front moves in. Lows will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Sunday showers and thunderstorms are likely. Highs will be in the upper 70s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. Sunday night should be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be in the upper 50s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%.
Independence Day should be partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms–though not as heavy as Sunday. Highs in the upper 70s with west winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday night should be clear with lows in the mid 50s.
Tuesday’s looking clear with highs in the lower 80s.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 75 and a lows of 48. We picked up 0.25″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80 and lows of 59.
Record high was 96 in 1963.
Record low was 40 in 1992.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:12 AM
Sunset: 8:39 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 40m
Length of Day: 15h 27m
Tomorrow will be 0m 49s shorter.
The moon is a waxing crescent, 1d 3h old with 2% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:35 AM
Moonset: 9:30 PM
