Monday, June 16, 2014

A fungus seems to perspire on a spruce tree

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:50AM it’s currently 48 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 47, barometric pressure 30.15”. Yesterday’s high was 70, and the overnight low was 45.

Forecast:

High pressure both aloft and at the surface will result in mostly sunny skies today and mild temperatures. A weak disturbance will produce increasing clouds tonight with a few sprinkles possible. We’ll see mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 70s and light and variable winds. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers. Lows will be in the upper 50s with light and variable winds.

Tuesday should be partly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 80s and light and variable winds. Tuesday night should be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers as a cold front moves in. Lows will be in the lower 60s with south winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.

Wednesday’s looking mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the lower 80s with west winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. Wednesday night should be partly cloudy with lows in the upper 50s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 69 and a low of 46.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 77 and a low of 56.
The record high was 94°F in 1891.
The record low was 37°F in 1961.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:07 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:38 PM EDT
Length of Visible Light: 16h 44m
Length of Day: 15h 30m
Tomorrow will be 0m 18s longer.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 18d 16h old with 85% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:18 PM EDT
Moonset: 9:15 AM EDT

About Today’s Photo:

I came across this fungus at Allis State Park over the weekend. Though it had rained overnight, the ground and area surrounding the tree and fungus were dry, so the beads of “perspiration” were coming from the fungus itself.

Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 100mm, ISO 1250, f/6.3, 1/40″ exposure.