Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Yesterday morning’s frost

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:45AM it’s currently 49 degrees and raining lightly under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 98%, dewpoint 48, barometric pressure 30.01”. We’ve picked up 0.07” of rain overnight. Yesterday’s high was 64, and the overnight low was 49.

Forecast:

This morning’s showers should taper off by midday as the short wave trough responsible for them moves east of the region. We’ll see cloudy skies with occasional showers, mainly this morning. Highs will be in the lower 60s with light and variable winds, becoming westerly around 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with lows in the lower 40s and west winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

High pressure will build in Wednesday bringing partly sunny with highs in the lower 60s and light and variable winds. Wednesday night should be mostly cloudy as a weak trough skirts to our north followed by a reinforcing Canadian cold front. Lows will be in the lower 40s with light and variable winds.

Thursday’s looking partly sunny and chilly with highs only in the lower 50s and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusting to 25 mph. Thursday night should be clear and cold with widespread areas of frost. Lows will be around 30.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 53 and a low of 34. We picked up 0.24″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 70 and lows of 51.
The record high was 92°F in 1939.
The record low was 30°F in 1964.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:32 AM EDT
Sunset: 7:00 PM EDT
Length of Visible Light: 13h 26m
Length of Day: 12h 28m
Tomorrow will be 3m 2s shorter.

The Moon is a waning crescent, 21d 20h old with 46% illumination.
No Moon Rise
Moonset: 2:31 PM EDT

About Today’s Photo:

Yesterday morning brought our first frost of the season—more or less right on schedule—and the grasses out by the volleyball court had a nice coating of crystals. More frost in the forecast!

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/13, 1/160″ exposure.