Sunday, December 25, 2011: Christmas Day

Raven Ridge under blue sky and a fresh layer of snow yesterday

Merry Christmas!

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:40AM it’s currently 22 degrees under overcast skies. A few lazy snowflakes are drifting down. Winds are out of the east at 0-3mph. Relative humidity is 85%, dewpoint 18, barometric pressure 30.27″ and falling rapidly. We have 3″ of snow on the ground. Yesterday’s high was 17, low 1.

Forecast:

Fast moving low pressure will swing through the region today bringing us a bit of snow. We’ll see overcast skies with a slight chance of snow today. Highs will be around 36°F with winds from the ENE at 5 mph shifting to the SE in the afternoon. Tonight should be overcast with an increasing chance of snow overnight. Lows will be around 25°F with winds less than 5 mph.

Monday’s looking overcast in the morning, then partly cloudy. Highs will be around 30°F with winds from the SW at 5-10 mph. Monday night should be partly cloudy with a chance of snow after midnight. Lows will be around 21°F with winds from the South at 5 mph shifting to the NW after midnight.

Tuesday should be overcast with a ice pellets in the morning and a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs will be around 41°F with winds less than 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tuesday night should be overcast with snow in the evening and a chance of snow after midnight. Lows will be around 32°F with winds from the SSW at 5 mph. Chance of snow is 40%.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 19 and a low of 3. We had 10.5″ of snow on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 30°F and lows of 14°F.
Record high was 62°F in 1964.
Record low was -25°F in 1980.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:26 AM EST
Sunset: 4:17 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 9h 58m
Length of Day: 8h 51m
Tomorrow will be 0m 19s longer.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 18 hours old with 1% illumination.
Moonrise: 8:00 AM EST
Moonset: 5:37 PM EST