Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Our last bright maple

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:40AM it’s currently a blustery and balmy 67 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are out of the south at 5-10 mph, gusting to 24 mph. Relative humidity is 77%, dewpoint 60, barometric pressure 29.80” and falling slowly. Yesterday’s high was 72, and the overnight low was 64.

Forecast:

A change in the weather has finally arrived. Deep low pressure over the western Great Lakes this morning will pull moisture laden air through the region over the next 48 hours. We’ll see periods of moderate to heavy rain across northern New York this morning and afternoon and then late this afternoon and tonight across Vermont. Many locations across the area will see wind gusts in the 35 to 45 mph range with isolated gusts to 50 mph. Winds and rain will taper off later tonight but linger into Wednesday morning. Expect 1″-2″ of total rainfall. Above normal temperatures are expected today as well as Wednesday before more October-like conditions arrive later in the week.

We’ll see clouds and wind during the morning with rain becoming likely later this afternoon. A rumble or two of thunder is possible. Highs will be around 70F with SSE winds at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain is 90%. Tonight should bring some thunder along with showers overnight. Lows will be near 55F with south winds at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 100%.

Wednesday should be cloudy early, becoming partly cloudy later in the day with a slight chance of a rain showers. Highs will be around 63F with SSW winds at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday night should be cloudy with occasional showers late at night. Lows will be around 43F with light and variable winds. Chance of rain is 50%.

Thursday should bring more showers. Highs will be around 51F with NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. Thursday night should bring rain showers early with mostly clear conditions later at night. Lows will be around 38F with west winds at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 60%.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 49 and a low of 38. We picked up 0.02″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are highs of 54 and lows of 37.
The record high was 75°F in 1963.
The record low was 21°F in 1969.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:19AM
Sunset: 5:54PM
Length of Visible Light: 11h 34m
Length of Day: 10h 34m
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes 51 seconds shorter

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 4.2 days old with 18% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:42AM
Moonset: 9:18PM

About Today’s Photo:

There’s a particular maple tree in our back yard next to Fargo Brook that turns a brilliant red-orange every fall. It did not disappoint this season. It’s one of the last maples to hold its color, and even after last night’s winds, it’s still hanging in there. Methinks that today’s strong winds will move us rapidly into stick season…

Panasonic GX8, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 55mm, ISO 800, f/14, 1/60″ exposure.