Sunday, March 24, 2019

A fresh set of bobcat tracks up at Camel’s Hump Nordic

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:30AM, it’s currently 12 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 91%, dewpoint 10, barometric pressure 30.05” and steady. We have 21” of snow at the stake. Yesterday’s high was 32, and the overnight low was 11.

Forecast:

We’ve got a lovely day on tap with morning sunshine and temperatures bumping up into the mid 40s by this afternoon. We’ll see increasing clouds through the day, however, as a cold front crosses the region later today into this evening bringing scattered light rain and snow showers, mainly across northern counties. Behind the front, dry and cold conditions will return for Monday and Tuesday as Canadian high pressure builds into the Northeast. As the high slides eastward, southerly winds will usher in much milder air from Wednesday heading into the weekend.

We’ll see sunny skies this morning giving way to increasing clouds this afternoon. Highs will be near 45 with west winds 8 to 10 mph. Tonight should be cloudy with a 50% chance of rain and snow showers before 10:00pm, then a chance of snow showers. Lows will be around 17 with north winds around 6 mph.

Monday should be sunny with a high near 34 and west winds 5 to 8 mph. Monday night should be mostly clear with a low around 12 and northwest winds around 7 mph.

Tuesday’s looking sunny with a high near 32 and northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday night should be mostly clear with a low around 14 and northwest winds around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Almanac:

Last year on this date we had a high of 36 and a low of 17. We had 17″ of snow at the stake.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 25 and a high of 43.
The record low was 1 in 2014 (we had a low of -6).
The record high was 66 in 1979.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:48AM
Sunset: 7:09PM
Length of day: 12:20:50
Today will be 3:04 longer than yesterday.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 18 days old with 86% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:37PM
Moonset: 9:06PM

About Today’s Photo:

It’s a busy time of year for our cousins who prowl the woods around us. Many species are seeking out mates, marking territory, and just plain prowling. I came across this fine set of bobcat tracks while bushwhacking up in the Camel’s Hump Nordic area the other day. This big kitty was on quite the walk-about as its tracks showed it coving a large amount of territory.

Panasonic GM5, Lumix 12-32mm lens @  19mm, ISO 400, f/8, 1/2000″ exposure.