Sunday, April 29, 2012
A moody morning shot at Oakledge Park in Burlington (It's a 5 second exposure for all you camera buffs...)
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 7:35AM it’s currently a frosty 32 degrees under mostly clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 91%, dewpoint 29, barometric pressure 30.12″ and steady. 24hr high was 47, low 24.
Forecast:
High pressure continues to build into the region today. We’ll see another day of clear skies and below normal daytime temperatures. Highs will be around 48F with winds from the NNW at 15 to 20 mph and gusting to 30 mph. Tonight should be clear and cold with lows around 27F and winds from the NNW at 5 to 15 mph.
Monday should start out clear in the morning. It’ll be warmer as high pressure moves off the coast allowing for a warmer southerly airflow to set up. Highs will be in the upper-50s to lower-60s with winds from the North at 5 to 10 mph. Monday night should be mostly cloudy in the evening, then overcast with a chance of rain as developing low pressure currently in the Ohio River Valley moves in. Lows will be around 41F with light. Chance of rain is 50%.
Tuesday should be overcast with a chance of rain. Highs will be around 52F with winds from the SSE at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the East in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. Tuesday night should be overcast with a chance of rain and fog overnight. Lows will be around 41F with light winds.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 59 and a low of 39. We picked up 0.34″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 60°F and lows of 39°F.
Record high was 85°F in 1986.
Record low was 24°F in 1934.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:45 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:54 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 12m
Length of Day: 14h 08m
Tomorrow will be 2m 41s longer.
The Moon is in its first quarter, 8d 4h old with 51% illumination.
Moonrise: 12:27 PM EDT
Moonset: 1:50 AM EDT
Lovely sky last night with Venus in the east, the moon to the south and Mars in the east!
