Thursday, July 21, 2011
Hens & Chicks buds ready to bloom!
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 7:05am it’s currently a muggy 74 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are out of the northeast at 0-5mph. Relative humidity is 89%, dewpoint 71, barometric pressure 29.65″ and falling. 24hr high was 88, low 65.
There’s a Heat Advisory in effect for the Champlain Valley today.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for partly sunny skies with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this morning. It’s gunna be hazy and hot with highs in the lower 90s and south winds 15 to 20 mph gusting up to 35 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. Tonight will bring partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until midnight then becoming mostly clear. It’ll be a muggy night with lows around 70 and dewpoints not much lower. We’ll have southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusting to 35 mph, then becoming west around 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday’s looking mostly sunny. It’ll stay on the hot & humid side with highs in the upper 80s and light and variable winds becoming westerl 10 to 15 mph and gusting up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Friday night should be partly cloudy and cooler with lows in the lower 60s and south winds around 10 mph.
Saturday should be mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s and west winds around 10 mph. Saturday night’s looking partly cloudy with lows around 60.
Sunday we should get a break from the heat with highs in the mid-70s.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 81 and a low of 57.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 82 and lows of 60.
Record high was 94 in 1994.
Record low was 45 in 1966.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:27 AM
Sunset: 8:28 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 10m
Length of Day: 15h 01m
Tomorrow will be 1m 55s shorter.
The moon is waning gibbous, 20d 2h old with 66% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:06 PM
Moonset: 12:06 PM
