Tuesday, August 14, 2012
A white admiral in the buckeye tree next to our back deck.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 6:25AM it’s currently 58 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 58, barometric pressure 29.92″ and steady. 24hr high was 78, low 57.
Forecast:
A series of upper level troughs moving in from the Great Lakes will keep things unsettled and wet for the next couple of days. We’ll see partly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers this morning, then mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon as diurnal heating spices things up. Highs will be around 80 with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%. Tonight should be cloudy with a chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%.
Wednesday showers and thunderstorms are likely. Highs will be in the upper 70s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. Wednesday night showers are likely. Lows will be around 60 with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 60%.
Thursday should be partly sunny and drier with highs in the upper 70s and west winds around 10 mph. Thursday night should be mostly clear with lows around 60.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 80 and a low of 60. We picked up 0.08″ of rain.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80°F and lows of 59°F.
Record high was 96°F in 1944.
Record low was 47°F in 1923.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 5:54 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:57 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 06m
Length of Day: 14h 03m
Tomorrow will be 2m 43s shorter.
The Moon is a waning crescent, 26d 6h old with 11% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:45 AM EDT
Moonset: 5:53 PM EDT
I spent some time outside last night tuning in to VPR’s Eye-On-The-Sky Star Party with Mark Breen. We had mostly clear skies for part of the hour that the show was on, and I saw 11 Perseid meteors during that time. It was fun listening to Mark’s comments on the night sky and to listeners’ questions. Mark has a pretty amazing depth of knowledge especially when it comes to the myths and stories associated with the stars and constellations.
