Sunday, August 12, 2012
A Viceroy works the hydrangea out on our back patio. It was a very popular place with about a dozen different species of bees, flies and wasps visiting in the morning!
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 8:15AM it’s currently 68 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 67, barometric pressure 29.88″ and rising. We picked up 0.53″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 82, low 62.
Forecast:
The stubborn low pressure system that we’ve been stuck in for the past several days will influence our weather for one more day. We’ll see mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers this morning, then partly sunny skies with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 80s with southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms until midnight. Lows will be around 60 with southwest winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 30%.
Monday should be partly sunny with highs around 80 and southwest winds around 10 mph. Monday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the upper 50s and south winds around 10 mph.
Tuesday’s looking mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms as a potent low pressure system moves in. Highs will be in the lower 80s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. Tuesday night showers are likely. Lows will be in the lower 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 78 and a low of 54.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80°F and lows of 59°F.
Record high was 93°F in 1947.
Record low was 44°F in 1913.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:52 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:00 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 12m
Length of Day: 14h 08m
Tomorrow will be 2m 40s shorter.
The Moon is a waning crescent, 24d 7h old with 25% illumination.
Moonrise: 12:58 AM EDT
Moonset: 4:28 PM EDT
