Thursday, September 18, 2014

A spider web holds tiny frozen drops of dew

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:55AM it’s currently 50 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 50, barometric pressure 29.96” and rising. Yesterday’s high was 66, and the overnight low was 46.

There is a Freeze Warning in in effect for our region from 1:00AM tonight until 8:00AM tomorrow morning.

Forecast:

A cold front will drop south across the region this morning bringing a period of cloudy conditions along with a 20% chance of a few light showers or sprinkles. Winds will turn northerly behind the front resulting in fall-like afternoon temperatures and chilly night with widespread frost expected. We’ll see mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers this morning, then partly sunny skies this afternoon. Temperatures will struggle to make it into the mid 50s this afternoon with northwest winds blowing at around 10 mph. Tonight will be clear and cold with lows around 30 and north winds 10 to 15 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

High pressure will build in Friday, and we’ll start out with widespread areas of frost in the morning. It’ll be sunny and unseasonably cool with highs only in the mid 50s and light and variable winds. Friday night should be clear and not as cold as we’ll be in a southerly airflow behind the departing high. Overnight lows will be in the lower 40s and south winds 10 to 15 mph.

A warm front will move across the region Saturday bringing mostly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 60s and south winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 30 mph. Saturday night should be mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers. Lows will be in the upper 50s.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 70 and a low of 37.

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

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:34 AM EDT
Sunset: 6:56 PM EDT
Length of Visible Light: 13h 20m
Length of Day: 12h 22m
Tomorrow will be 3m 2s shorter.

The Moon is a waning crescent, 23d 21h old with 28% illumination.
Moonrise: 1:15 AM EDT
Moonset: 3:54 PM EDT

About Today’s Photo:

This spider’s web held tiny dewdrops that had frozen in the morning frost. The drops look almost like tiny eggs…

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/8, 1/80″ exposure.