Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Yesterday's balmy air made for a hazy view from the top of Taft's hill...
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:30AM it’s currently a balmy 48 degrees under hazy clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 94%, dewpoint 46, barometric pressure 30.14″ and steady. 24hr high was a lovely 62, low 42.
Forecast:
We’ll squeeze one more unseasonably warm and sunny day out of our current weather pattern. Today we’ll enjoy mostly sunny skies with highs of 63°F (though I’m guessing it’s going to be warmer than that here…) Winds will be from the ENE at 5 mph. Tonight will start off clear in the evening, then become partly cloudy with a chance of rain as a cold front moves in from the west. Lows will be unseasonably warm at 54°F with winds from the NE at 10 mph gusting to 36. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday’s looking overcast with rain showers in the morning and rain in the afternoon. Highs will be around 57°F with winds from the ENE at 5 mph, gusting to 32 and shifting to the North in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. Thursday night should be overcast with rain. Lows will be around 34°F with winds from the NW at 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70% with rainfall amounts near 0.6 in possible. High elevation snow is also possible.
Friday should be overcast with rain showers in the morning and a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs will only get to around 39°F with winds from the SW at 5 mph shifting to the WNW in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 60%. Friday night’s looking overcast in the evening, then clear. Lows will be around 28°F with winds from the West at 5 mph shifting to the South in the morning.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 37 and a low of 32.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 47°F and lows of 33°F.
Record high was 67 °F in 1945 (a record that may fall today…)
Record low was 12°F in 1971.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 6:39 AM
Sunset: 4:31 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 10h 53m
Length of Day: 9h 52m
Tomorrow will be 2m 30s shorter.
The Moon is waxing gibbous, 13d 15h old with 98% illumination.
Moonrise: 3:41 PM
Moonset: 5:32 AM
