Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Morning Observation:
Good morning! This morning in Huntington at 6:30AM it’s currently a mild and blustery 52 degrees under mostly clear skies. Winds are out of the SSW at 4-8mph. Relative humidity is 69%, dewpoint 42, barometric pressure 29.44″ and rising. We picked up 0.24″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was a record setting (for us anyway…) 67, low 52.
Forecast:
We’ll start off the day with partly cloudy skies and mild temperaturs. Highs will be around 50°F with winds from the SSW at 10 mph. Temperatures will drop during the day as high pressure builds in. Tonight should be overcast in the evening, then mostly cloudy. Lows will be a more seasonable 28°F with winds from the North at 10 mph.
Thursday’s looking partly cloudy and seasonable with highs of 41°F and winds less than 5 mph. Thursday night should be clear in the evening, then partly cloudy. Lows will be around 19°F with winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday should be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning and a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs will be around 41°F with winds less than 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the evening, then partly cloudy. Lows will be around 23°F with winds less than 5 mph.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 46 and a low of 23.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 38°F and lows of 24°F.
Record high was 63°F in 2006 (we had a high of 64).
Record low was -2°F in 1958.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 7:06 AM EST
Sunset: 4:14 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 10h 13m
Length of Day: 9h 08m
Tomorrow will be 1m 31s shorter.
The Moon is a waxing crescent, 5d 5h old with 31% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:16 AM EST
Moonset: 10:16 PM EST

John,
Last night highest sustained wind was 31.5 SSE, highest gust was 42.2 SSE. Max for both since I installed the meter in August.
November 30, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Thanks Chris! Can’t wait for reports of hurricane force winds up at your place! And tomorrows the anniversary of last year’s Big Blow!
J
November 30, 2011 at 5:54 pm