Thursday, August 11, 2011
A Red Admiral and a small wasp perch on coltsfoot leaves along Taft Road.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 7:50am it’s currently 61 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 100%, dewpoint 61, barometric pressure 29.70″ and rising. We picked up 0.25″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 81, low 57.
Forecast:
We’ll have partly sunny skies this morning and isolated showers this afternoon as another weak high level low moves through the region. Highs will be only in the lower 70s with southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with isolated showers until midnight. Lows will be in the mid 50s with west winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 20%.
Weak high pressure will build into the region Friday bringing us mostly sunny skies. Highs will be in the mid 70s with light and variable winds becoming westerly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Friday night should be mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s and light and variable winds.
Saturday’s looking partly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 80s and south winds around 10 mph. Saturday night should be partly cloudy with lows around 60.
Low pressure will build into the region Sunday bringing cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 50%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 80 and low of 54. We picked up 0.06″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80 and lows of 59.
Record high was 101 in 1944.
Record low was 46 in 1963.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:50 AM
Sunset: 8:03 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 17m
Length of Day: 14h 13m
Tomorrow will be 2m 37s shorter.
The moon is waxing gibbous, 11d 17h old with 95% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:40 PM
Moonset: 3:32 AM
The Perseid meteor shower peaks tomorrow night. However, with the full moon on Saturday, moonlight will diminish the display somewhat. It’ll still be worth going out, though, as the Perseids are known for bright fireballs, and some should be visible despite the moonlight. The later you can stay out the better!
