Thursday, May 24, 2012
A tiny ground spider lurks in her dew-bespangled web in the grass by the pond.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:35AM it’s currently 53 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 53, barometric pressure 30.09″ and rising. We picked up 0.01″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 71, low 52.
Forecast:
Departing high pressure will give us partly sunny skies this morning followed by a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon as warm, moist air moves in from the south. Highs will be around 80 with south winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should bring a slight chance of thunderstorms until midnight, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and areas of fog after midnight. Lows will be around 60 with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.
Friday should start out partly sunny with areas of fog in the morning. There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon as a cold front approaches from the west. Highs will be in the upper 70s with south winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be in the upper 50s with southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Saturday’s looking mostly sunny with highs in the upper 70s and west winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday night should be mostly clear with lows in the upper 40s.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 73 and a low of 61. We picked up 0.03″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 71°F and lows of 48°F.
Record high was 88°F in 1991.
Record low was 28°F in 1963.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:16 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:22 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 15m
Length of Day: 15h 06m
Tomorrow will be 1m 45s longer.
The Moon is a waxing crescent, 3d 11h old with 11% illumination.
Moonrise: 8:13 AM EDT
Moonset: 11:18 PM EDT
