Monday, February 13, 2012

A sun-bleached elm tree in the ice of Dead Creek with Snake Mountain in the background yesterday.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:35AM it’s currently 14 degrees and snowing lightly under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 89%, dewpoint 12, barometric pressure 29.82″ and steady. We picked up 1″ of fluffy snow overnight and have 4.5″ on the ground. 24hr high was (is) 14, low 11.

Forecast:

A warm front will lift through the region today bringing us much warmer temperatures over yesterday. We’ll see mostly cloudy skies with a chance of snow today. Highs will be around 32°F with winds from the West at 5-10 mph. Chance of snow is 30%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with lows of 18°F and winds from the SW at 5-10 mph.

Tuesday should be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning, then overcast with a chance of snow. Highs will be an unseasonably warm 39°F with winds from the SW at 5-10 mph. Chance of snow is 40%. Some of the precipitation may be mixed in valley locations. Tuesday night should be overcast with a chance of snow. Lows will be around 25°F with light winds. Chance of snow is 20%.

Wednesday’s looking overcast in the morning, then mostly cloudy. Highs will continue on the warm side – 41°F – with light winds. Wednesday night should be overcast with lows of 25°F and light winds.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 38 and a low of 0. We picked up 1.5″ of new snow and had 24″ on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 28°F and lows of 10°F.
Record high was 53°F in 1937.
Record low was -25°F in 1967.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:55 AM EST
Sunset: 5:17 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 11h 22m
Length of Day: 10h 22m
Tomorrow will be 2m 50s longer.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 21d 4h old with 64% illumination.
No Moon Rise
Moonset: 9:34 AM EST

Robin & I enjoyed some wonderful ice-skating on Dead Creek yesterday afternoon. The northwest wind was a tad biting, but the ice was lovely!