Sunday, March 4, 2012

Warm weather clouds move over the Huntington River Valley yesterday afternoon in this view from Taft's Hill. Mad River Glen is to the left.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 8:20AM it’s currently 34 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are out of the west at 2-5 mph. Relative humidity is 65%, dewpoint 23, barometric pressure 29.56″ and steady. 24hr high was 50, low 32. We picked up just a trace of rain yesterday morning. We have 2″ of snow at the stake.

Forecast:

An upper level trough moving into the region today will bring us overcast skies with a chance of snow. Highs will be around 34F with winds from the WSW at 5-10 mph. Chance of snow is 20%. Tonight should be overcast with a chance of snow. Lows will be around 7F with light winds. Chance of snow is 40%.

The trough will stick around into Monday bringing overcast with a chance of snow. Highs will be around 21F with winds from the WNW at 5-10 mph. Chance of snow is 40% with the possibility of an inch or two in mountain locations. Monday night should be partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows will drop to around 1F with light winds.

Tuesday’s looking clear with highs of 28F and light winds. Tuesday night should be overcast with lows of 27F and winds from the SE at 5-10 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 38 and a low of -5. We had 23″ of snow on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 35°F and lows of 17°F.
Record high was 57°F in 1953.
Record low was -24°F in 1938.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:23 AM EST
Sunset: 5:44 PM EST
Length Of Visible Light: 12h 19m
Length of Day: 11h 21m
Tomorrow will be 3m 4s longer.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 11d 14h old with 82% illumination.
Moonrise: 1:46 PM EST
Moonset: 3:49 AM EST