Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Frosted asters in our front field.

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:25AM it’s currently 39 degrees under clear skies. No frost here this morning. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 39, barometric pressure 30.30″. Yesterday’s high was 61, and the overnight low was 37.

Forecast:

With high pressure still in place over the region, we’ll enjoy another sunny day with highs in the upper 60s and light and variable winds. Tonight should be clear and bright with the near-full Harvest moon. Lows will be in the lower 40s with light and variable winds.

Thursday should be sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 70s and light and variable winds. Thursday night should be clear with lows in the mid 40s and light and variable winds.

Friday’s looking sunny with highs in the mid 70s and south winds around 10 mph. Friday night should be partly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers as a cold front and an associated trough moves in from the west. Lows will be in the mid 50s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 72 and a low of 50.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 70°F and lows of 50°F.
Record high was 87°F in 1946.
Record low was 34°F in 1922.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:34 AM EDT
Sunset: 6:56 PM EDT
Length Of Visible Light: 13h 19m
Length of Day: 12h 21m
Tomorrow will be 3m 3s shorter.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 12d 23h old with 99% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:17 PM EDT
Moonset: 5:33 AM EDT

About Today’s Photo:

Yesterday morning’s frost was our first of the season. Not too hard, but enough to deck out the some of the flowers in the front field…

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/10, 1/100″ exposure.