Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:45AM it’s currently a cool 30 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 82%, dewpoint 25, barometric pressure 30.29″ and rising. 24hr high was 78, low 30.

Forecast:

Surface high pressure will bring us a clear and tranquil day today. We’ll see highs of 57F with winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight should be clear with lows around 34F and light winds.

Thursday should be clear in the morning, then become partly cloudy. Highs will be around 68F with winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night should be partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy. Lows will be around 43F with light winds.

Low pressure will move in on Friday bringing overcast skies with a chance of rain. Highs will be around 72F with winds from the North at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. Friday night should be overcast with a chance of rain. Low will be around of 37F with light winds. Chance of rain is 20%.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 48 and a low of 34. We picked up 0.9″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 54°F and lows of 35°F.
Record high was 91°F in 1976.
Record low was 21°F in 1948.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:02 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:40 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 14h 39m
Length of Day: 13h 38m
Tomorrow will be 2m 54s longer.

The Moon is a waning crescent, 26d 20h old with 7% illumination.
Moonrise:  4:31 AM EDT
Moonset: 5:25 PM EDT

Took my first plunge in the pond yesterday morning. Verrrrry refreshing!