Saturday, November 18, 2017

I brilliant sunrise sky this morning

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:05AM it’s currently 20 degrees under partly cloudy skies (with a lovely sunrise a bit earlier!) Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 94%, dewpoint 18, barometric pressure 29.92” and falling rapidly. We have 1” of snow at the stake. Yesterday’s high was 33, and the overnight low was 15.

Forecast:

Strong low pressure will move out the the Great Lakes and pass through the region tonight into Sunday bringing widespread rainfall and milder temperatures. Rain will taper to snow showers on Sunday afternoon as much colder air surges back into the region behind the departing low along with gusty winds. Things should quiet down from Monday onward into much of next week with mainly dry and seasonably cold weather expected for the Thanksgiving holiday.

We’ll see cloudy skies today with highs around 43F and SSE winds at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight rain is likely. Lows will be around 38F with SSE winds at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain is 90% with rainfall amounts of around a quarter of an inch.

Sunday rain should be ending early. It’ll be cloudy with a few flurries or snow showers possible midday. Morning highs of 46F will drop to near freezing by nightfall. Winds will be out of the west at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain is 90% with rainfall amounts near a quarter of an inch. Sunday night should be cloudy with lows around 22F and WNW winds at 10 to 20 mph.

Monday’s looking partly cloudy with highs near 30F and WNW winds at 10 to 20 mph. Monday night should be partly cloudy with lows around 26F and SSW winds at 5 to 10 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 57 and a low of 30. We picked up 0.01″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are highs of 45 and lows of 31.
The record high was 70°F in 1892.
The record low was 9°F in 1924.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:53AM
Sunset: 4:23PM
Length of Visible Light: 10h 33m
Length of Day: 9h 30m
Tomorrow will be 2 minutes 9 seconds shorter

The Moon is new, 29 days old with 0% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:41AM
Moonset: 4:56PM

About Today’s Photo:

“Red sky at nigth, sailors delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning…” The sky was brilliant this morning at around 6:45AM. With stormy weather coming in, the old adage is looking pretty accurate!

Panasonic GX8, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 17mm, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/200″ exposure.