Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Tiers of pebbles along the beach tell the story of waves and water levels

Morning Observation:

This morning in North Hero at 7:00AM it’s currently 62 degrees under clear skies. Winds are out of the south at 5-7 mph. Relative humidity is 70%, dewpoint 52, barometric pressure 30.12”. Yesterday’s high was 77, and yesterday’s low was 56. The overnight low got down to 61.

This morning in Huntington it’s currently 55 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 91%, dewpoint 53, barometric pressure 30.16”. Yesterday’s high was 84, and yesterday’s low was 47. The overnight low got down to 52.

Forecast Discussion:

Another day, another, um, nice, warm, dry, sunny day… High pressure continues its dominance over the region, and we’ll see highs today ranging from the upper 80s to low 90s with low to mid 90s expected for Thursday. We’ll also likely see some smoke from wildfires in Nova Scotia during the day today. The “Rex block” weather pattern that’s been bringing us this extended period of dry and warm weather will finally begin to break down on Friday as low pressure off the Canadian Maritimes retrogrades westward and pushes a backdoor cold front into the region Friday night. We’ll see showers and thunderstorms move into the region from the east Friday afternoon into Friday night bringing some much-needed rainfall. At this point the weekend is looking dry and seasonable with the next chance of showers arriving early next week.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see sunny skies today with a high near 89 and southwest winds 5-10 mph. Tonight should be clear with a low around 60 and south winds 5-10 mph.

Thursday should be sunny and hot with a high near 90 and southwest winds 4-6 mph. Thursday night should be mostly clear with a low around 63 and south winds around 6 mph.

Friday should be mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3:00PM. Highs will be near 85 with northwest winds 5-10 mph. Rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ are possible with higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be around 57 with north winds 8-10 mph. Rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ are possible with higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 77 and a low of 59.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 74 and a low of 59.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 53 and a high of 74.
The record low was 25 in 1961.
The record high was 91 in 2013 (we had a high of 89 in Huntington).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 96.90′.
The water temperature is 58˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 97.49′. The water temperature was at 58˚.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:11AM
Sunset: 8:28PM
Length of day: 15:16:23
Today will be 1:26 longer than yesterday.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 11 days old with 83% illumination.
Moonrise: 4:45PM
Moonset: 3:08AM

About Today’s Photo:

The lake level has already dropped 2′ since we move back up to camp on May 10. The tiers of pebbles along our cove beach tell the story of the dropping the water levels and high winds driving waves onto the beach forming long ridges.

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