Friday, June 1, 2012
A pollen-dusted solitary bee works a blackberry blossom. It should be a banner year for berries this year!
Rabbit-rabbit!
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:20AM it’s currently 41 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 41, barometric pressure 30.05″ and rising. 24hr high was 69, low 40.
Forecast:
Departing high pressure will give us a partly sunny day today before things turn wet and cooler for the remainder of the weekend. Highs today will be in the lower 70s with light and variable winds becoming southerly around 10 mph this afternoon. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with rain developing after midnight as low pressure and an associated cold front move in from the west. It’ll be breezy with lows in the lower 50s and southeast winds 15 to 25 mph gusting up to 40 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.
Saturday will bring soaking rain with amounts in the 1-1.5″ range. It’ll be windy with highs around 60 and southeast winds 20 to 30 mph gusting up to 45 to 50 mph along the western slopes of the Greens. Chance of rain is near 100%. Rain will continue into Saturday night with lows around 50 and east winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90%.
Sunday rain is likely. It’ll be on the cool side with highs only in the upper 50s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. Sunday night showers likely with lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 88 and a low of 63.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 73°F and lows of 51°F.
Record high was 90°F in 2011 (we had a high of 88).
Record low was 33°F in 1924.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:10 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:29 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 30m
Length of Day: 15h 18m
Tomorrow will be 1m 16s longer.
The Moon is waxing gibbous, 11d 10h old with 87% illumination.
Moonrise: 5:23 PM EDT
Moonset: 2:50 AM EDT
