Thursday, August 6, 2015

An orb spider in her dew-bedecked web

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 8:00AM it’s currently 59 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 59, barometric pressure 29.90”. We picked up 0.02” of rain in the past 24hrs. Yesterday’s high was 75, and the overnight low was 56.

Forecast:

Surface high pressure will continue to build across the region today with mainly dry conditions and cool temperatures. A few sprinkles or light showers will be possible over the mountains this afternoon. We’ll see mostly cloudy skies with highs in the lower 70s and northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain is 20%. Tonight should be partly cloudy until midnight, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows will be in the mid 50s with northwest winds around 10 mph until midnight, becoming light and variable.

Friday should be partly sunny with highs in the lower 70s and light and variable winds. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with lows in the mid 50s and light and variable winds.

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

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 74 and a low of 54. We picked up 1.31″ of rain.

Burlington norms for this date are highs of 80 and lows of 60.
The record high was 93°F in 1931.
The record low was 44°F in 1964.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:44 AM EDT
Sunset: 8:10 PM EDT
Length of Visible Light: 15h 30m
Length of Day: 14h 25m
Tomorrow will be 2m30s shorter.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 20d 10h old with 68% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:54 PM EDT
Moonset: 1:07 PM EDT

About Today’s Photo:

Morning is a great time to go hunting for spider webs. This orb spider had spun her web near our raised beds in the front field. Morning dew clings to the web and sparkles in the early morning sunlight.

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/2000″ exposure.