Saturday, September 22, 2012

Robin holds a rather large carrot pulled from one of our upper raised beds. It made for a fine carrot salad!

Happy first day of fall!

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:25AM it’s currently 47 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 47, barometric pressure 29.88″ and falling. 24hr high was 72, low 47.

Forecast:

A slow moving cold front will move into our region today. We’ll see partly sunny skies this morning with a chance of showers this afternoon. It will be breezy with highs in the lower 70s and southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to southerly at 20 to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 40%. Tonight should be cloudy with showers likely, mainly until midnight. Lows will be in the upper 40s with southwest winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming westerly around 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain is 70%.

Sunday should be partly sunny as a weak ridge of high pressure moves in. Highs will be in the lower 60s with southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Sunday night should be mostly clear with lows in the upper 30s and southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Monday’s looking partly sunny with highs in the lower 60s and southwest winds around 10 mph. Monday night should be mostly clear with lows around 40.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 73 and a low of 58.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 68°F and lows of 48°F.
Record high was 88°F in 1965.
Record low was 31°F in 1962.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:39 AM EDT
Sunset: 6:48 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 13h 06m
Length of Day: 12h 08m
Tomorrow will be 3m 2s shorter.

The Moon is in its first quarter, 6d 9h old with 46% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:08 PM EDT
Moonset: 11:37 PM EDT

The Autumnal Equinox occurs this morning at 10:49AM. This marks the first day of fall and the point in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun when the tilt of the its axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun. So, if you look at the “length of day” note above, you’ll see that we have roughly 12 hours today. Enjoy!