Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Happy as two bees on a buckeye: a honey bee and a bumble bee share the nectar of our deckside buckeye tree.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:25AM it’s currently 61 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 61, barometric pressure 29.92″ and steady. We picked up 0.02″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 80, low 60.
Forecast:
Maritime moisture moving up the coast and a weak cold front and associate low pressure moving slowly in from the west will interact to bring us an unsettled day today. Showers are likely with the chance of a rumble of thunder or two during the day today. Highs will be in the upper 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with showers likely mainly until midnight. Lows will be in the mid 50s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%.
Wednesday should be mostly cloudy in the morning then become partly sunny as high pressure builds into the region from the west. Highs will be in the upper 70s with light and variable winds. Wednesday night should be mostly clear with lows in the upper 50s and light and variable winds.
Thursday’s looking partly sunny with highs in the lower 80s and south winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the mid 50s.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 74 and a low of 52. We picked up 0.27″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 70°F and lows of 47°F.
Record high was 93°F in 1977.
Record low was 31°F in 1936.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:17 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:20 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 11m
Length of Day: 15h 02m
Tomorrow will be 1m 51s longer.
The Moon is a waxing crescent, 1d 11h old with 2% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:25 AM EDT
Moonset: 9:56 PM EDT
We had a few fireflies blinking about our front field last night!
