Thursday, September 15, 2011
A cricket in residence on one of our raised garden beds.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:40am it’s currently 55 degrees under overast skies. Wind are calm. Relative humidity is 100%, dewpoint 55, barometric pressure 29.92″ and steady. 24hr high was 73, low 54.
Current radar imagery shows a large slug of rain extending from western Pennsylvania up towards Montreal along a strong cold front that will cross the area today.
Forecast:
We’ll have mostly overcast skies with rain. Highs will be around 70°F with winds from the WNW at 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. The cold front should push later today bringing partly cloudy skies in the evening, then clear skies overnight. It will be unseasonably cold with lows around 36°F and a windchill of 32°F. Widespread frost may occur so bundle up those veggies you’ve still got out in the garden! Winds will be from the West at 5 mph.
Friday should be partly cloudy in the morning, then clear. It’ll be on the cool side with highs only around 55°F during the day. Winds will be from the WSW at 10 mph. Friday night will again bring the threat of frost with clear skies and lows around 36°F with a windchill of 32°F. Winds will be less than 5 mph.
Saturday’s looking clear and a bit warmer with highs of 63°F and winds less than 5 mph.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 56 and a low of 47. We picked up 0.28″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 69°F and lows of 50°F.
Record high was 92°F in 1915.
Record low was 30°F in 1913.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 6:30 AM
Sunset: 7:03 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 13h 30m
Length of Day: 12h 32m
Tomorrow will be 3m 1s shorter.
The moon is waning gibbous, 17d 7h old with 92% illumination.
Moonrise: 8:06 PM
Moonset: 9:46 AM
