Sunday, October 9, 2011
Camel's Hump and a nearly full rising moon...
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 8:00am it’s currently 46 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 100%, dewpoint 46, barometric pressure 30.37″ and steady. 24hr high was a lovely 76, low 45.
Forecast:
We’ve got another fine day on tap today courtesy of an expansive high pressure system camped over us right now. We’ll have clear skies today with unseasonable highs of 75°F and winds from the SSW at 5 mph. Tonight should start out clear in the evening, then become partly cloudy. Low will be around 55°F with winds from the SE at 5 mph.
Monday’s looking partly cloudy in the morning, then clear. High will be around 73°F and humid with winds from the South at 5 mph. Monday night should be clear with lows of 54°F and winds less than 5 mph.
Tuesday will continue this stretch of unseasonably warm weather with clear skies and highs of 75°F. Winds will be less than 5 mph. Tuesday night’s looking overcast with lows of 48°F and winds less than 5 mph.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 52 and a low of 31. We picked up 0.24″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 59°F and lows of 41°F.
Record high was 79°F in 1970.
Record low was 24°F in 1963.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 6:59 AM
Sunset: 6:18 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 12h 17m
Length of Day: 11h 19m
Tomorrow will be 3m 1s shorter.
The Moon is waxing gibbous, 12 days old with 94% illumination.
Moonrise: 4:57 PM
Moonset: 4:37 AM
