Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A pair of young deer–one with red, recently de-velveted antlers–munch apples along Route 116 yesterday.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:15AM it’s currently 52 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 96%, dewpoint 51, barometric pressure 29.82″ and rising rapidly. We picked up a total of 0.97″ of rain during the storm and had a high wind of 25 mph. 24hr high was 72, low 52.

Forecast:

With the storm system now moving off to our east, we’ll see mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers this morning, then mostly sunny skies this afternoon as high pressure and cooler air move into the region. Highs will be in the upper 50s with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be clear with patchy frost after midnight. Lows will be in the mid 30s with northeast winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

Thursday should be sunny and cool with highs in the mid 60s and southeast winds around 10 mph, becoming southerly in the afternoon. Thursday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the mid 40s and southeast winds around 10 mph.

Friday’s looking partly sunny and warmer with highs around 70 and south winds 10 to 15 mph. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with lows in the upper 40s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 69 and a low of 37.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 69°F and lows of 50°F.
Record high was 85°F in 1946.
Record low was 32°F in 1959.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:36 AM EDT
Sunset: 6:54 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 13h 15m
Length of Day: 12h 18m
Tomorrow will be 3m 2s shorter.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 3d 8h old with 15% illumination.
Moonrise: 10:54 AM EDT
Moonset: 8:49 PM EDT