Saturday, June 2, 2012

A lovely purple rhododendron bloom next to the house…

Sorry for the delayed post–our power has been out since around 6:00AM and just now (10:15AM) came on…

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:25AM it was 53 degrees and a bit, well, blowy and raining lightly under overcast skies. Winds were gusting out of the south and east at up to 28mph here in the hollow. We’d picked up 0.11″ of rain overnight. 24hr high was 70, low 51.

Forecast:

Deep low pressure centered over the Great Lakes will bring wind and rain to our region today and unsettled weather for the next several days. We’ll see cloudy skies with showers likely mainly this morning. Highs will be in the mid 50s with southeast winds 15 to 20 mph and gusting up to 40 mph this morning. Chance of rain is 70%. Tonight will be cloudy with a 20% chance of showers. Lows will be in the upper 40s with southeast winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 25 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable later.

Sunday should be partly sunny with patchy fog in the morning. Showers should develop mainly in the afternoon as the low heads to the southeast. Highs will be in the upper 60s with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 70%. Sunday night light rain and drizzle are likely. Lows will be in the upper 40s with east winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.

Monday showers are likely. Highs will be in the upper 50s with north winds around 10 mph and gusting up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%. Monday night should be mostly cloudy with lows in the mid 40s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 66 and a low of 46.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 73°F and lows of 51°F.
Record high was 89°F in 1970.
Record low was 36°F in 1966.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:10 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:30 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 31m
Length of Day: 15h 19m
Tomorrow will be 1m 14s longer.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 12d 14h old with 95% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:40 PM EDT
Moonset: 3:30 AM EDT