Thursday, August 2, 2012

Some variety of katydid out in the front field. You had to look pretty close to see this one!

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:20AM it’s currently 60 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 60, barometric pressure 29.83″. We picked up 0.04″ of rain in the past 24hrs—most of that falling in the morning as we were pretty much bypassed by any of the afternoon storms. 24hr high was 84, low 60.

Forecast:

We’ll see partly sunny skies today with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. It’ll be on the warm and humid side with highs in the mid 80s and light and variable winds, becoming southwesterly around 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until midnight. Lows will be in the mid 60s with south winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 20%.

Friday should be partly sunny and warm with highs in the mid 80s and light and variable winds becoming westerly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Friday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the lower 60s and north winds around 10 mph.

Saturday’s looking partly sunny with highs in the mid 80s and light and variable winds. Saturday night should be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 30%. A more definitive chance of organized shower activity approaches for Sunday.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 76 and a low of 55.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 81°F and lows of 60°F
Record high was 99°F in 1975.
Record low was 44°F in 1953.

Sky Notes:

Sunset: 5:40 AM EDT
Sunrise: 8:14 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 39m
Length of Day: 14h 33m
Tomorrow will be 2m 24s shorter.

The Moon is technically waning gibbous, 14d 6h old with 100% illumination.
Moonrise: 8:14 PM EDT
Moonset: 6:18 AM EDT

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