Monday, June 25, 2012

A hairy woodpecker and its fledgling investigate our bird feeder post this morning.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:55AM it’s currently 59 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 59, barometric pressure 29.72″ and falling. We picked up 0.45″ of much-needed rain overnight. 24hr high was 81, low 57.

Forecast:

A strong low pressure system and a cold front will move into the region today and stall over us for the next couple of days. We’ll see numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms during the day today. Highs will be in the upper 60s with light and variable winds becoming northwesterly around 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. Tonight should be cloudy with showers likely mainly until midnight. Lows will be in the lower 50s with northwest winds around 10 mph until midnight becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 60%.

Tuesday showers are likely. Highs will be in the mid 60s with light and variable winds becoming northwesterly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 70%. Tuesday night showers are likely. Lows will be in the mid 50s with northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.

Wednesday showers are likely. Highs will be in the upper 60s with northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain  is 70%. Wednesday night should be partly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers. Lows will be in the mid 50s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 74 and a low of 57. We picked up 0.21″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 79°F and lows of 57°F.
Record high was 94°F in 1995.
Record low was 39°F in 1979.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:09 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:40 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 44m
Length of Day: 15h 30m
Tomorrow will be 0m 22s shorter.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 5d 20h old with 32% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:31 AM EDT
Moonset: 11:51 PM EDT

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