Thursday, August 9, 2012

A clear-winged hummingbird moth pauses briefly on some Queen Anne’s Lace by the pond.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:10AM it’s currently 61 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 61, barometric pressure 29.92″. 24hr high was 83, low 58.

Forecast:

Cloudy skies, more humidity and showers will be the rule for the next few days as a large upper level trough of low pressure hangs out in our region. We’ll see mostly cloudy skies with numerous showers and thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 80s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%. Tonight expect numerous showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds, becoming southwesterly around 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 60%.

Friday should be cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and numerous showers, mainly in the afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 70s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. Friday night should bring numerous showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows will be in the mid 60s with southeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Showers and the chance of thunderstorms will persist into Saturday. Highs will be in the upper 70s with south winds 10 to 15 mph and gusting up to 30 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. Saturday night should be partly cloudy with scattered showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows will be around 60. Chance of rain is 40%. Expect rain amounts to be in the range of 1-2″ total between Thursday afternoon and Saturday before drier air moves in later on Sunday.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 79 and low of a 53. We picked up 0.09″ of rain

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80°F and lows of 60°F.
Record high was 99°F in 2001 (we had a high of 91).
Record low was 44°F in 1922.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:48 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:05 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 20m
Length of Day: 14h 16m
Tomorrow will be 2m 37s shorter.

The Moon is in its last quarter, 21d 7h old with 53% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:34 PM EDT
Moonset: 1:48 PM EDT

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