Thursday, September 13, 2012

Old ivy clings to a wall down off of Flynn Avenue in Burlington.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:20AM it’s currently 51 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 51, barometric pressure 30.29″. 24hr high was 78, low 51.

Forecast:

High pressure continues to hang in there over the east coast. We’ll have us another sunny day today with highs bumping up to around 80 with light and variable winds, becoming southerly around 10 mph this afternoon. Tonight should be clear with lows in the mid 50s and south winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

Friday should start out sunny with highs in the upper 70s and south winds 10 to 15 mph. Friday afternoon into Friday night showers are likely with a chance of thunderstorms as a cold front moves in from the Great Lakes. Lows will be in the lower 50s with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph and gusting up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

The cold front should move through fairly quickly giving us a partly sunny day Saturday with highs in the lower 60s and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday night should be clear and cool with lows around 40.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 79 and a low of 56.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 72°F and lows of 52°F.
Record high was 92°F in 1948.
Record low was 32°F in 1927.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:29 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:05 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 13h 34m
Length of Day: 12h 36m
Tomorrow will be 3m 1s shorter.

The Moon is a waning crescent, 26d 18h old with 9% illumination.
Moonrise: 3:41 AM EDT
Moonset: 5:29 PM EDT