Sunday, March 18, 2012
Coltsfoot blooming along East Street!
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 8:50AM it’s currently 50 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 86%, dewpoint 46, barometric pressure 30.23″ and steady. 24hr high was 61, low 39.
Forecast:
Get ready for an extended period of record high temperatures folks! A stubborn blocking pattern of high pressure along the east coast act as a conduit to bring warm air that’s 20-30 degrees above normal into the region through Thursday.
Today we’ll see partly cloudy skies with highs of 73F and light winds. Tonight should be partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy. Lows will be around 50F with light winds.
Monday should be mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy. Highs will be around 72F with light winds. Monday night should be partly cloudy with lows of 45F and light winds.
Tuesday’s looking partly cloudy in the morning, then clear. Highs will be around 77F with light winds. Tuesday night should be clear with lows of 54F and light winds.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 59 and a low of 36. We picked up 0.01″ of rain and had 15.5″ of snow on the ground.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 40°F and lows of 23°F.
Record high was 62°F in 1945.
Record low was -7°F in 1961.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 6:57 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:02 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 13h 02m
Length of Day: 12h 04m
Tomorrow will be 3m 5s longer.
The Moon is a waning crescent (and lovely at that!), 25d 14h old with 16% illumination.
Moonrise: 4:43 AM EDT
Moonset: 3:19 PM EDT
