Thursday, May 23, 2013

A bumble bee busies the buckeye blossoms by the back deck. Beautiful!

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:35AM it’s currently 65 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 64, barometric pressure 29.73″ and rising. We picked up 0.90″ of rain in the past 24hrs. Yesterday’s high was 79 and the overnight low was 62.

There’s a Flash Flood Warning in effect for the Adirondack and all of Vermont from noon today to Friday morning.

Forecast:

More rain in the forecast today. We’ll see scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms this morning, then more showers and thunderstorms this afternoon out ahead of an upper level low and associated cold front. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall this afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 70s with south winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 90%. Showers and thunderstorms will continue into tonight with some thunderstorms may producing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Lows will be in the mid 50s with southwest winds around 10 mph and gusting up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is near 100%. Rainfall rates for this system may be as much as 1 to 2 inches per hour, so flash floods are a concern.

The upper level low will move over the region early Friday and then stall bringing more showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then occasional showers with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. The air behind this front is significantly cooler, and highs Friday will only be in the upper 50s with north winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. Friday night will bring numerous showers. Lows will be in the mid 40s with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.

Saturday’s looking cloudy with scattered showers. Highs will only be in the mid 50s with north winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. Saturday night should be cloudy with scattered showers. Lows will be in the lower 40s. Chance of rain is 50%. Sunday’s still looking showery, but Memorial Day should be sunny with highs in the mid 60s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 71 and a low of 53. We picked up 0.67″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 69°F and lows of 48°F.
Record high was 91°F in 1975.
Record low was 31°F in 1935.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:17 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:21 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 16h 13m
Length of Day: 15h 03m
Tomorrow will be 1m 49s longer.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 13d 10h old with 96% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:47 PM EDT
Moonset: 4:04 AM EDT

About Today’s Photo:

Sorry for the alliteration… The buckeye tree by our back deck is a profusion of flowers this time of year, and it consequently attracts all kinds of pollinators. This bumble bee was just one of many working the blossoms yesterday morning. The shot was taken with my 55-300mm zoom at 300mm, ISO 500, f/5.6, 1/320 shutter.