Tuesday, August 9, 2011

A tiny field spider lurks under her dew spangled web...

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:25am it’s currently 53 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 53, barometric pressure 29.67″ and rising. We picked up an additional 0.09″ of rain yesterday morning for a total of 0.72″ for the rain event. 24hr high was 81, low 57.

Forecast:

Unsettled weather will dominate the region for the next few days as a series of upper level troughs moves through the area. We’ll have partly sunny skies this morning with a chance of showers later this afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 70s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%. Tonight showers are likely. Lows will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%.

Wednesday will bring cloudy skies with a chance of showers. Highs will be in the mid 70s with light and variable winds becoming southwesterly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 50%. Wednesday night should be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows will be in the mid 50s with southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.

Thursday’s looking mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers. Highs will be around 70 with west winds around 10 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 82 and a low of 62. We picked up 0.42″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of  80 and lows of 59.
Record high was 99 in 2001 (we had a high of 91).
Record low was 44 in 1922.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:47 AM
Sunset: 8:06 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 22m
Length of Day: 14h 18m
Tomorrow will be 2m 35s shorter.

The moon is waxing gibbous, 9d 15h old with 81% illumination.
Moonrise: 5:19 PM
Moonset: 1:25 AM