Friday, November 6, 2015

Red oak leaves hold there color close to the ground

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:20AM it’s currently a balmy 63 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 85%, dewpoint 58, barometric pressure 29. 86” and falling rapidly. Yesterday’s high was a lovely 72, and the overnight low was 61.

Forecast:

A strong southerly flow will keep temperatures mild today out ahead of an approaching cold front that will cross the area this afternoon and evening bringing scattered to numerous showers. We’ll see mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers mainly this afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 60s with southwest winds 15 to 20 mph gusting up to 35 mph. Chance of rain is 40%. Tonight should be partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers until midnight. Lows will be in the lower 40s with west winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.

Saturday should be partly sunny in the morning, then become mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain showers in the afternoon as an upper level trough slides through. It will be more seasonable with highs in the upper 40s and west winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday night should be mostly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s nd northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday’s looking mostly sunny with highs around 40 and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Sunday night should be clear with lows around 30.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 48 and a low of 38. We picked up 0.02″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are high of 49 and lows of 43.
The record high was 75°F in 1948.
The record low was 13°F in 1951.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:35 AM EST
Sunset: 4:35 PM EST
Length of Visible Light: 11h 01m
Length of Day: 9h 59m
Tomorrow will be 2m35s shorter.

The Moon is a waning crescent, 24d 12h old with 23% illumination.
Moonrise: 1:31 AM EST
Moonset: 2:23 PM EST

About Today’s Photo:

There’s still a little color here and there in the woods. Red oak leaves on tiny, ground hugging saplings still glow bright against the tawny forest floor.

Panasonic Lumix GM5, Olympus 9-18mm lens @ 18mm, ISO 800, f/16, 1/160″ exposure.