Thursday, July 7, 2011
Pale blue chicory blooming along Texas Hill Road.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:20am it’s currently 61 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 96%, dewpoint 60, barometric pressure 29.87″ and rising. We picked up 0.95″ of rain in the past 24hrs during two rounds of rain. The first was the strong line of thunderstorms that roared through the area at around 3:30pm yesterday, bringing high winds, lots of cloud-to-ground lightning and knocking out our power until around 3:00am. The second downpour was later at night. Very exciting stuff! 24hr high was 85, low 61.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for mostly sunny skies and cooler with highs in the mid 70s. Winds will be out of the north at around 10 mph. Tonight should be clear with patchy dense fog after midnight. Lows will be around 50 with light and variable winds.
Friday should bring patchy dense fog in the morning then partly sunny skies. Highs will be in the upper 70s with light and variable winds. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers. Lows will be in the upper 50s with light and variable winds.
Saturday’s looking partly sunny with a 30% chance of showers. Highs will be in the upper 70s with northwest winds around 10 mph. Saturday night should be mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s.
Sunday should be mostly sunny with highs in the lower 80s.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 94 and a low of 64.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 81 and lows of 59.
Record high was 96 in 1908
Record low was 43 in 1969.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:15 AM
Sunset: 8:38 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 34m
Length of Day: 15h 22m
Tomorrow will be 1m 8s shorter.
The moon is a waxing crescent, 6d 1h old with 41% illumination.
Moonrise: 12:42 PM
Moonset: 11:53 PM
