Tuesday, August 23, 2011
A lovely double rainbow graced the sky yesterday afternoon. (Must be a pot o' gold in our house somewhere...)
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:50am it’s currently 50 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 100%, dewpoint 50, barometric pressure 29.95″ and rising. We picked up 0.03″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 72, low 49.
Forecast:
High pressure will push into the region today bringing us partly sunny skies. Highs will be in the lower 70s with light and variable winds becoming westerly around 10 mph this afternoon. Tonight should be partly cloudy with lows in the lower 50s and light and variable winds.
Wednesday’s looking partly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 80s and south winds 10 to 15 mph. A cold front will push into the region Wednesday night bringing partly cloudy skies with a 40% chance of showers. Lows will be around 60 with south winds around 10 mph.
Thursday showers and thunderstorms are likely. Highs will be in the mid 70s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 67 and a low of 53. We picked up 0.50″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 77 and lows of 57.
Record high was 93 in 1947.
Record low was 43 in 1988.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 6:04 AM
Sunset: 7:44 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 14h 41m
Length of Day: 13h 40m
Tomorrow will be 2m 50s shorter.
The moon is a waning crescent, 32d 16h old with 35% illumination.
No Moon Rise
Moonset: 3:48 PM
