Friday, July 8, 2011
Up close and personal with an echinacea blossom on our back deck.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 8:05am it’s currently 65 degrees under mostly clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 88%, dewpoint 61, barometric pressure 29.92″ and falling. 24hr high was 77, low 51.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for partly sunny skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs will be around 80 with light and variable winds becoming southerly around 10 mph this afternoon and becoming more humid. Chance of rain is 30%. Tonight should be mostly cloudy until midnight then becoming partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be in the mid 50s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 30%.
Saturday’s looking partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs will be in the upper 70s with north winds around 10 mph. Saturday night should be clear with lows around 50 and east winds around 10 mph.
Sunday look for mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 80s and light and variable winds. Sunday night should be mostly clear with lows around 60.
Monday should be partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 40%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 93 and a low of 66.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 81 and lows of 59.
Record high was 98 in 1921.
Record low was 40 in 1969.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:16 AM
Sunset: 8:37 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 33m
Length of Day: 15h 21m
Tomorrow will be 1m 12s shorter.
The moon is in its first quarter, 7d 3h old with 53% illumination.
Moonrise: 1:57 PM
No Moon Set
