Tuesday, May 1, 2012
This is an unusual one: this chickadee had found the desiccated carcass of a shrew under the bushes by our front porch and seemed to be harvesting fur for his/her nest. His mate was perched nearby watching. I've never seen anything like that before...
Rabbit-rabbit!
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:30AM it’s currently 43 degrees and raining lightly under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 94%, dewpoint 42, barometric pressure 30.01″ and falling slowly. We picked up 0.18″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 59, low 43.
Forecast:
Low pressure will slowly move out the region during the day today. We’ll see overcast skies with rain showers this morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. High will be around 48F with winds from the SSE at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening, then overcast. Low will be around 39F with light winds. Chance of rain 20%.
Wednesday should be mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy as weak high pressure moves through the region. High will be in the low-60s with winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday night should be mostly cloudy in the evening, then overcast with a chance of rain as a warm front approaches. Lows will be around 43F with winds from the SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday should be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain in the afternoon. Highs will be around 63F with winds from the SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. Thursday night should be overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain. Lows will be around 50F with winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 71 and a low of 32.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 61°F and lows of 40°F.
Record high was 86°F in 2001 (we had a high of 71).
Record low was 25°F in 1961.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:42 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:56 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 18m
Length of Day: 14h 14m
Tomorrow will be 2m 38s longer.
The Moon is waxing gibbous, 01d 3h old with 71% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:46 PM EDT
Moonset: 2:49 AM EDT
Great Pic John–what a great find, your eyes are very open! Can’t tell if it is a guy or a gal huh.
Its a guy—I know for sure—Ha.
May 1, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Carrion chickadee?
And we’re worrying about climate change?
Perhaps Hitchcock was a soothsayer?
May 1, 2012 at 2:28 pm