Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Another shot of Fargo Brook ice and snow from the other day. It's not there now...

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:45AM it’s currently a balmy 54 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 58%, dewpoint 39, barometric pressure 29.91″ and falling. We picked up 0.01″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 62, low 42.

Forecast:

A low front will push through the region today bringing us overcast skies with a chance of a thunderstorm and a chance of rain this morning, then a chance of rain this afternoon with some breaks of sun. Highs will hit record territory, topping out in the mid- to upper-60s with light winds. Chance of rain is 70%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening, then mostly cloudy. Lows will be around 39F with light winds. Chance of rain is 20%.

Wednesday should be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs will be around 55F with light winds. Chance of rain is 20%. Wednesday night should be overcast with a chance of rain in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow at higher elevations. Lows will be around 37F with light winds. Chance of precipitation is 30% .

Thursday’s looking mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing as high pressure builds in. Highs will be around of 52F with light winds. Thursday night should be partly cloudy with lows of 36F and winds from the ESE at 5-10 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 38 and low of 13. We had 19″ of snow on the ground.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 38°F and lows of 21°F.
Record high was 62°F in 1946.
Record low was -7°F in 1948.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:07 AM EDT
Sunset: 6:56 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 12h 46m
Length of Day: 11h 49m
Tomorrow will be 3m 5s longer.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 20d 12h old with 68% illumination.
Moonrise: 12:39 AM EDT
Moonset: 10:02 AM EDT