Thursday, August 18, 2011

Dew droplets suspended in a spider's web.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:25am it’s currently 59 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 100%, dewpoint 59, barometric pressure 29.99″ and steady. We picked up 0.07″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 80, low 56.

Forecast:

The forecast for today calls for partly sunny skies with some scattered sprinkles this morning, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 80s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until midnight. Lows will be in the mid 50s with south winds around 10 mph until midnight becoming light and variable. Chance of rain is 20%.

Friday should be partly sunny with highs in the lower 80s and light and variable winds becoming southwesterly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Friday night’s looking mostly clear with lows in the lower 50s and ight and variable winds.

Saturday look for mostly sunny with highs in the lower 80s and light and variable winds.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 76 and a low of 51.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 78 and lows of 58.
Record high was 93 in 2002 (we had a high of 84).
Record low was 40 in 1918.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:58 AM
Sunset: 7:52 PM
Length Of Visible Light: 14h 56m
Length of Day: 13h 54m
Tomorrow will be 2m 47s shorter.

The moon is waning gibbous, 18d 15h old with 81% illumination.
Moonrise: 9:35 PM
Moonset: 10:55 AM