Wednesday, September 14, 2011
A grasshopper lurks in the tall grass of our front field.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:25am it’s currently 58 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 57, barometric pressure 29.83″ and rising. We picked up 0.22″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 78, low 57.
Forecast:
Weak high pressure will build into the region today bringing us partly cloudy skies this morning and clear skies later in the day. High will be around 70°F with winds from the WNW at 5 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be partly cloudy in the evening, then overcast with a chance of rain in the morning as a weak cold front moves in. Low will be around 52°F with light winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday will start off overcast with rain showers in the morning and a chance of rain in the afternoon. High will be only around 59°F with winds from the WNW at 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. It’ll get unseasonably cold Thursday night as high pressure builds into the region. We’ll have partly cloudy skies in the evening, then it’ll clear on out dropping temps to lows of 37°F with light winds. There’s a chance of frost in some of the colder pockets.
Friday should be partly cloudy in the morning, then clear. It will remain unseasonably cool with high only around 57°F and winds from the WSW at 10 mph.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 63 and a low of 47. We picked up 0.05″ of rain
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 70°F and lows of 51°F.
Record high was 89°F in 1915.
Record low was 32°F in 1963.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 6:29 AM
Sunset: 7:04 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 13h 33m
Length of Day: 12h 35m
Tomorrow will be 3m 1s shorter.
The moon is waning gibbous, 16d 7h old with 96% illumination.
Moonrise: 7:39 PM
Moonset: 8:45 AM
