Thursday, August 15, 2013

A rain-dappled day lily in our back garden

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:35AM it’s currently a cool 45 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 44, barometric pressure 30.01″ and rising. We picked up 0.34″ of rain yesterday from several short showers that swung through over the course of the day. Yesterday’s high was 63, and the overnight low was 45.

Forecast:

A ridge of high pressure is currently building into the region and will deliver a dry and warmer day today. We’ll see sunny skies with highs in the lower 70s and southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight should be mostly clear with lows in the lower 50s and southwest winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

Friday should be partly sunny with scattered terrain driven showers possible mainly in the afternoon as an upper level trough skirts the Canadian border. Highs will be in the mid 70s with southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming westerly in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. Friday night should be mostly clear with lows in the lower 50s and light and variable winds.

Saturday’s looking sunny with highs in the upper 70s and light and variable winds. Saturday night should be mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 77 and low of 61. We picked up 0.25″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 79°F and lows of 59°F.
Record high was 97°F in 1944 (apparently a warm summer…)
Record low was 45°F in 1907.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:55 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:56 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 15h 04m
Length of Day: 14h 01m
Tomorrow will be 2m 43s shorter.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 8d 12h old with 61% illumination.
Moonrise: 3:14 PM EDT
No Moon Set

About Today’s Photo:

Yesterday’s hit-or-miss showers offered plenty of opportunity to catch rain dappled flowers. These day lilies are nearing the end of their run in our back garden and seem to create their own luminance in the flat overcast light.

Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 200, f/1.8, 1/4000″ exposure.