Monday, September 11, 2023

Beach still life with grass and seeds

Morning Observation:

This morning in North Hero at 7:30AM it’s currently 60 degree under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 60, barometric pressure 30.05”. We picked up 0.85” of rain yesterday. Yesterday’s high was 67, and yesterday’s low was 61. The overnight low got down to 60.

This morning in Huntington it’s currently 61 degrees under low overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 60, barometric pressure 30.07”. We picked up 0.61” of rain yesterday and 0.02” so far today. Yesterday’s high was 74, and yesterday’s low was 59. The overnight low got down to 61.

Forecast Discussion:

A quasi-stationary front is draped across Vermont at this hour and will act as rails for some light rain showers, mostly over southwestern to northeastern sections this morning. Precipitation should wind down by midday with dry conditions expected for most of Vermont tonight into Tuesday morning. Low pressure tracking out of the Great Lakes will bring renewed chances for showers later in the day on Tuesday with widespread rain expected for much of Wednesday. High pressure will begin to push into the region by Thursday bringing dry conditions into the upcoming weekend. Forecasters continue to monitor the track of Hurricane Lee as it makes its way northward along The Atlantic seaboard. At this point, it’s looking like the storm will be making a glancing blow at eastern New England along Down East Maine. It’s still too early to be sure—we may see just some extra high elevation winds from the storm, or we may get some rain as well. Stay tuned…

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see cloudy skies today with a 30% chance of morning showers. Highs will be near 70 with northwest 5-9 mph. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with patchy dense fog. Lows will be around 60 with north winds 3-7 mph.

Tuesday should be mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of afternoon showers. Highs will be near 75 with south winds around 5 mph. Tuesday night should be mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers. Lows will be around 63 with south winds 5-8 mph in Huntington and 8-17 mph over Lake Champlain. Rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ are possible.

Wednesday should be cloudy with showers likely. Highs will be near 68 with south winds 6-12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80% with rainfall amounts between 0.50”-0.75” possible. Wednesday night should be cloudy with showers, mainly before 8:00PM. Lows will be around 55 with south winds 6-10 mph becoming westerly after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80% with rainfall amounts between 0.25″-0.50″ possible.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 82 and a low of 56.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 77 and a low of 66.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 55 and a high of 75.
The record low was 34 in 1967.
The record high was 91 in 2013 (we had a high of of 88 in Huntington).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 97.59′.
The water temperature is 70˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 94.20′.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:26AM
Sunset: 7:10PM
Length of day: 12:44:10
Today will be 3:00 shorter than yesterday.

The Moon is a waning crescent, 26 days old with 12% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:34AM
Moonset: 6:15PM

About Today’s Photo:

The neutral grey palette of the shale beach pebble offers a lovely background for a variety of nuts and seeds scattered on the shore with a smattering of lake grasses included.

Sony A7II, Sony 24-240mm lens @ 240mm, ISO 1250, f/8, 1/60″ exposure.