Saturday, August 10, 2013

Tomato blossoms bloom against the sky

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 8:00AM it’s currently 61 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are out of the south at 2-4 mph. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 61, barometric pressure is 29.87″ and rising. We picked up 0.26″ of rain in the past 24hrs. Yesterday’s high was 77, and the overnight low was 56.

Forecast:

The cold front that brought yesterday’s rain has moved east of our region, and cool high pressure is currently building in and will dominate the weather through the weekend and into the first part of next week. We’ll see mostly sunny skies today with highs in the upper 60s and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight should be clear with patchy fog after midnight. Lows will be in the upper 40s with west winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

Sunday should be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the mid 70s and light and variable winds, becoming southwesterly around 10 mph in the afternoon. Sunday night should be partly cloudy with lows around 50 and light and variable winds.

Monday’s looking partly sunny with highs in the mid 70s and south winds around 10 mph. Monday night should be partly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers as the next frontal system spins down from Canada. Lows will be in the lower 50s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 75 and a low of 64. We picked up 0.60″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80°F and lows of 59°F.
Record high was 97°F in 1949.
Record low was 47°F in 1922.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:49 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:04 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 18m
Length of Day: 14h 14m
Tomorrow will be 2m 37s shorter.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 3d 14h old with 13% illumination.
Moonrise: 9:44 AM EDT
Moonset: 9:32 PM EDT

About Today’s Photo:

The tomatoes are blossoming and ripening in the upper garden. This shot was taken yesterday afternoon as the skies began to clear out after the rains.  I like the nice fair-weather cumulus in the background.

Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 200, f/1.8, 1/2000″ exposure.