Monday, August 8, 2011

A red eft prowls the leaf litter in the woods behind our house.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:20am it’s currently 67 degrees and raining moderately under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 100%, dewpoint 67, barometric pressure 29.55″ and rising. We picked up a welcome 0.63″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 82, low 64.

Forecast:

Low pressure is moving through the area this morning bringing us cloudy skies with scattered showers. High pressure will build in from the west this afternoon clearing out the rain and bringing us a partly sunny day. It’ll be cooler than yesterday with highs in the mid 70s and light and variable winds becoming northerly around 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. Tonight should be clear. Lows will be in the mid 50s with north winds around 10 mph until midnight becoming light and variable.

Tuesday’s looking sunny. Highs will be around 80 with light and variable winds. Tuesday night showers are likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Wednesday showers likely as an upper level trough moves through the area. Highs will be in the lower 70s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 75 and a low of 46.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80 and lows of 59.
Record high was 97 in 1949.
Record low was 45 in 1929.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:46 AM
Sunset: 8:07 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 25m
Length of Day: 14h 20m
Tomorrow will be 2m 33s shorter.

The moon is waxing gibbous, 8d 15h old with 72% illumination.
Moonrise: 4:25 PM
Moonset: 12:30 AM