Friday, July 29, 2011
A fly hangs out on an hydrangea blossom.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:20am it’s currently 66 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 66, barometric pressure 29.90″ and steady. 24hr high was 83, low 61.
Forecast:
Low pressure will build in today bringing us cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms likely mainly this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 70s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely until midnight, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall until midnight. Lows will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
High pressure will move into the area Saturday bringing us mostly sunny skies. Highs will be around 80 with light and variable winds becoming northwesterly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Saturday night should be clear with lows in the mid 50s and northeast winds around 10 mph.
Sunday’s looking sunny with highs in the lower 80s and light and variable winds. Sunday night should be mostly clear with lows around 60.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 74 and a low of 52.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 81 and lows of 60.
Record high was 98 in 1949.
Record low was 45 in 1987.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:35 AM
Sunset: 8:20 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 52m
Length of Day: 14h 44m
Tomorrow will be 2m 15s shorter.
The moon is a waning crescent, 28d 1h old with 2% illumination.
Moonrise: 4:15 AM
Moonset: 7:26 PM
