Sunday, December 11, 2011

Late afternoon light, snow - perfect...

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 9:00AM it’c currently a crisp and clear 16 degree under cloudless sky. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 94%, dewpoint 14, barometric pressure 30.59″ and rising. We have 2″ of snow on the ground. 24hr high was 36, low 12.

Forecast:

High pressure is currently positioned over us and will bring clear skies today. We’ll see highs around 36°F with winds less than 5 mph. Tonight should be clear and cold again with lows of 19°F and winds from the NNW at 10 mph.

Monday’s looking clear and milder with highs of 41°F and winds less than 5 mph. Monday night should be clear with low of 19°F and winds less than 5 mph.

Tuesday should be clear in the morning, then become partly cloudy. Highs will be around 41°F with winds less than 5 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tuesday night should be overcast with a chance of snow in the evening. Lows will be around 27°F with winds less than 5 mph.

Wednesday should bring overcast skies and fog early. Highs will be around 37°F with winds from the NE at 5-15 mph shifting to the SSE in the afternoon. Wednesday night’s looking partly cloudy with a chance of snow after midnight. Lows will be around of 27°F with winds from the SSE at 10 mph. Chance of snow is 30%.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 36 and a low of 21. We picked up 1.75″ of snow and had 9″ on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 34°F and lows of 19°F.
Record high was 61°F in 1966.
Record low was -13°F in 1958.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:17 AM EST
Sunset: 4:12 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 10h 01m
Length of Day: 8h 55m
Tomorrow will be 0m 46s shorter.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 16d 7h old with 99% illumination.
Moonrise: 5:20 PM EST
Moonset: 8:03 AM EST

So I think I was a tad erroneous talking about the eclipsing moon and taking a look this morning. Turns out, I was 24 hours late. The eclipse actually occurred the morning before (Saturday morning). Sorry ’bout that. So much for my ability to read complicated graphs…