Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A honey bee hovers over a blooming poppy.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:30am it’s currently 51 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 50, barometric pressure 29.89″ and steady. 24hr high was 80, low 50.

Forecast:

The forecast for today calls for partly sunny skies with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 80s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be mostly clear with a slight chance of showers until midnight, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows will be in the lower 60 with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 20%.

Wednesday’s looking partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and small hail in the afternoon. It will be hot with highs in the lower 90s with southwest winds around 10 mph gusting up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. Wednesday night should be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and small hail. Lows will be in the upper 60s with southwest winds around 10 mph gusting up to 40 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.

We’ll have another hot one Thursday with partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and small hail. Highs will be around 90. We’ll cool off Friday with highs in the 70s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 66 and a low of 44.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of  75 and lows of 53.
Record high was 94 in 1999 (we had a high of 83).
Record low was 35 in 1958.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:08 AM
Sunset:  8:33 PM
Length Of Visible LightL 16h 37m
Length of Day: 15h 24m
Tomorrow will be 0m 58s longer.

The moon is a waxing crescent, 5d 13h old with 32% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:12 AM
No Moon Set