Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Fluffy snow on an old bandsaw blade that's part of one of our sculptures out in the garden.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:40AM it’s currently 32 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are out of the south at 1-5 mph. Relative humidity is 82%, dewpoint 27, barometric pressure 29.89″ and rising. We have 3″ of snow on the ground. 24hr high was 47, low 32.

Forecast:

A cold arctic high pressure will pull into our region today. We’ll see overcast skies with a chance of snow in the morning, then mostly cloudy skies later in the day. Highs will top out this morning in the low 30s and drop through the day. Winds will be from the NW at 5-10 mph with gusts of 20-30 mph as the front moves in. Chance of snow is 20% with a dusting to 1″ possible in higher upslope regions of the Dacks and northern Greens. Tonight should be partly cloudy and sharply colder with lows of 1°F and wind from the West at 5-10 mph.

Wednesday should be clear with highs in the mid- to upper-20s and light winds. Wednesday night should be clear in the evening, then partly cloudy. Lows will be around 10°F with winds from the SW at 5-10 mph.

Thursday’s looking partly cloudy. Highs will warm to the mid-30s with winds from the West at 5-10 mph. Thursday night should be partly cloudy in the evening, then clear. Lows will be around 23°F with winds from the West at 5-10 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 37 and a low of 28. We had 23.5″ of snow on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 27°F and lows of 9°F.
Record high was 49°F in 2005 (we had a high of 55).
Record low was -27°F in 1993.

Burlington set a record high yesterday of 50°F.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:03 AM EST
Sunset: 5:09 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 11h 06m
Length of Day: 10h 05m
Tomorrow will be 2m 42s longer.

The Moon is the full Snow moon (Northeast Native American and Neo Pagan Wiccan). Other names for this full moon are: “Trapper” (Colonial American); ” Wold” (English); “Ice” (Celtic), and “Storm” (Medieval Wiccan).
15d 4h old with 100% illumination.
Moonrise: 5:19 PM EST
Moonset: 6:29 AM EST