Thursday, July 28, 2011
A tiny fly sucks nectar from intricate thistle blossoms.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 7:40am it’s currently 60 degrees under mostly clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 100%, dewpoint 60, barometric pressure 30.05″ and rising. 24hr high was 76, low 52.
Forecast:
High pressure is in charge today and will bring us partly sunny skies with highs in the upper 70s and light and variable winds. Tonight should be partly cloudy until midnight then become cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight as a weak cold front moves in. Lows will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday look for cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the upper 70s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be around 60 with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%.
Saturday’s looking partly sunny with highs in the lower 80s and northwest winds around 10 mph.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 84 and a low of 56.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 82 and lows of 60.
Record high was 96 in 1964.
Record low was 45 in 2001 (we had a low of 42).
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:34 AM
Sunset: 8:21 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 54m
Length of Day: 14h 47m
Tomorrow will be 2m 12s shorter
The moon is a waning crescent, 27d 2h old with 6% illumination.
Moonrise: 3:08 AM
Moonset: 6:46 PM
