Sunday, August 19, 2012
A bumble bee enjoying a good feed in the pickerel weed near Sand Bar State Park.
Morning Observation:
This morning in Huntington at 7:55AM it’s currently 50 degrees under clear skies. Wind are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 50, barometric pressure 30.00″ and rising. 24hr high was 73, low 43.
Forecast:
With high pressure in place over the region, we have a string of fine days ahead of us. We’ll see sunny skies with highs in the mid 70s today with light and variable winds. Tonight should be mostly clear until midnight, then become partly cloudy. Lows will be in the upper 40s with light and variable winds.
Monday should be partly sunny and a bit warmer with highs in the upper 70s and light and variable winds. Monday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the lower 50s and light and variable winds.
Tuesday’s looking partly sunny and a bit warmer and more humid with highs in the mid to upper 70s and northwest winds around 10 mph. Tuesday night should be partly cloudy with lows around 50.
Almanac:
Last year on this date we had a high of 82 and a low of 59.
Burlington norms for this date are highs of 79°F and lows of 58°F.
Record high was 93°F in 1899.
Record low was 40°F in 1963.
Sky Notes:
Sunrise: 6:00 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:49 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 14h 51m
Length of Day: 13h 49m
Tomorrow will be 2m 49s shorter.
The Moon is a waxing crescent, 1d 20h old with 4% illumination.
Moonrise: 8:19 AM EDT
Moonset: 8:28 PM EDT
