Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A birch catkin on the tree by the front porch.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:35AM it’s currently 57 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 57, barometric pressure 30.03″ and steady. We picked up 0.19″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 72, low 57.
Forecast:
A stationary low front will bring rain to the region today and tonight. We’ll have highs in the lower 60s with south winds around 10 mph and gusting up to 30 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is near 100%. Tonight should be rainy with lows in the lower 50s and light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 90%.
Wednesday should start out mostly cloudy in the morning then become partly sunny with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon as a cold front moves into the region. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds in the afternoon. It’ll be warmer with highs in the mid 70s and south winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Wednesday night should bring occasional showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds. Lows will be in the mid 40s with northwest winds around 10 mph and gusting up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.
High pressure should move in Thursday bringing mostly sunny skies. Highs will be in the lower 60s with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph and gusting up to 30 mph. Thursday night should be clear with lows in the lower 40s.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 56 and a low of 50. We picked up 1.18″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 68°F and lows of 45°F.
Record high was 88°F in 1961.
Record low was 28°F in 1913.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:24 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:12 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 55m
Length of Day: 14h 48m
Tomorrow will be 2m 10s longer.
The Moon is a waning crescent, 24d 3h old with 26% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:36 AM EDT
Moonset: 3:19 PM EDT
