Monday, January 14, 2013

Another shot of some turkeys down near Hanksville.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:25AM it’s currently 48 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 90%, dewpoint 45, barometric pressure 29.83″ and rising rapidly. We picked up 0.01″ of rain overnight. Snow at the stake is down to 3″ (down from 6″ yesterday morning…) 24hr high was 51, low 42.

Forecast:

A slow moving frontal boundary will move over the region this morning bringing cloudy skies and a chance of rain showers this morning, then partly sunny skies later in the day. Highs will top out in the mid 40s and fall into the lower 30s this afternoon. Winds will be out fo the southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming northwesterly this afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers until midnight, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows will be around 18 with north winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable. Chance of snow is 20%.

High pressure will build in for Tuesday bringing partly sunny skies with highs around 30 and light and variable winds. Tuesday night should be partly cloudy with lows around 16 and light and variable winds.

Wednesday’s looking partly sunny with highs in the mid 30s and south winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 30 mph. Wednesday night should be cloudy with lows 10 to 15. An Arctic cold front should dip into the region Wednesday night bringing the chance of some snow…

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 25 and a low of -4. We picked up 0.03″ of rain and 6.5″ of snow and had 9.75″ on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 27°F and lows of 10°F.
Record high was 60°F in 1995.
Record low was -26°F in 1914.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:24 AM EST
Sunset: 4:37 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 10h 17m
Length of Day :9h 13m
Tomorrow will be 1m 46s longer.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 2d 15h old with 10% illumination.
Moonrise: 8:48 AM EST
Moonset: 8:30 PM EST

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