Friday, December 16, 2011

A close sky over Taft Hill

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:30AM it’s currently a breezy 41 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are out of the west at 6-10mph. Relative humidity is 79%, dewpoint 35, barometric pressure 29.72″ and rising rapidly. We picked up 0.43″ of rain in the past 24hrs. 24hr high was 49, low 41.

Forecast:

High pressure and an associated cold front will move into the region today and dominate our weather through the weekend. Today will see overcast skies with a chance of rain in the morning, then partly cloudy skies later in the day. Highs are topping off right now at around 41°F and will fall through the day. Winds will be from the North at 10 mph shifting to the ENE in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. Tonight will bring partly cloudy skies and much colder temperatures with lows around 18°F and winds less than 5 mph.

Saturday’s looking partly cloudy with below normal temperatures. Highs will only be around 23°F with winds from the North at 5 mph. Saturday night should be clear and chilly with lows of 10°F and winds less than 5 mph.

Sunday look for partly cloudy skies and highs of 21°F with winds less than 5 mph. Sunday night should be partly cloudy in the evening, then overcast with lows of 18°F and winds from the South at 5 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 14 and a low of 1. We picked up 1.5″ of new snow and had 5.5″ on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 32°F and lows of 17°F.
Record high was 54°F in 1982.
Record low was -18°F in 1917.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:21 AM EST
Sunset: 4:13 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 9h 58m
Length of Day: 8h 52m
Tomorrow will be 0m 23s shorter.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 21d 5h old with 67% illumination.
Moonrise: 10:57 PM EST
Moonset: 10:54 AM EST