Sunday, August 7, 2011
A white pond lily bobs in the waters of Lake Champlain near Crown Point.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 7:40am it’s currently 67 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 67, barometric pressure 29.68″ and steady. We picked up 0.15″ of rain overnight (oughta knock the dust down a bit…) 24hr high was 85, low 66.
Forecast:
The forecast for today calls for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers. There will be a slight chance of drizzle this morning, then a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. It’ll be cooler with highs will be in the upper 70s and light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%. Tonight should bring partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms until midnight, then mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 40%.
Monday should be cloudy in the morning, then become partly sunny. Highs will be around 80 with light and variable winds becoming northerly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Monday night’s looking mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s and light and variable winds.
Tuesday look for partly sunny skies. Highs will be in the lower 80s with light and variable winds.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 71 and a low of 42.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80 and lows of 60.
Record high was 95 in 2001 (we had a high of 89).
Record low was 40 in 1964.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:45 AM
Sunset: 8:09 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 28m
Length of Day: 14h 23m
Tomorrow will be 2m 32s shorter.
The moon is waxing gibbous, 7d 17h old with 62% illumination.
Moonrise: 3:23 PM
No Moon Set
