Saturday, September 16, 2023

A cagey bird hiding amongst the asters

Morning Observation:

This morning in North Hero at 7:25AM it’s currently 58 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 88%, dewpoint 54, barometric pressure 29.93”. Yesterday’s high was 71, and yesterday’s low was 52. The overnight low got down to 57.

This morning in Huntington it’s currently 50 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 49, barometric pressure 29.93”. Yesterday’s high was 65, and yesterday’s low was 45. The overnight low got down to 49.

There is a Lake Wind Advisory in effect today through midnight tonight.

Forecast Discussion:

The remnants of Hurricane Lee, now an extra-tropical depression, are currently spinning off the coast of Maine south of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy where it is expected to make landfall later today. Impacts across Vermont from the storm should be minimal today with perhaps a few showers or sprinkles over far eastern areas and some gusty north winds. Winds are expected to gust up to 30-40 mph east of the Greens, 25-35 mph in the Champlain Valley, and 50-60 mph over mountain summits. There is a Lake Wind Advisory in effect today through midnight tonight. Winds should wind down quickly after sunset tonight as the storm lifts into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Dry and seasonable conditions are expected for Sunday. Low pressure tracking up The Atlantic seaboard Monday will bring some showers to the region Monday into Tuesday. Expansive high pressure is expected to build in thereafter bringing dry and seasonable condition through the end of next week.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see cloudy skies today with a high near 69 and gusty north winds 6-16 mph in Huntington and 18-20 mph over Lake Champlain. Tonight should start out mostly cloudy, then gradually become clear, with a low around 49 and northwest winds 10-15 mph diminishing overnight.

Sunday should be sunny with a high near 72 and west winds 5-8 mph becoming light and variable. Sunday night should be mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers late. Lows will be around 57 with light south winds.

Monday should be mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers. Highs will be near 67 ad south winds 5-7 becoming light and variable. Rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ are possible. Monday night should be mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers. Lows will be around 55 and north winds 3-5 mph. Rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ are possible.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 64 and a low of 39.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 69 and a low of 53.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 53 and a high of 73.
The record low was 30 in 1964.
The record high was 87 in 2018 (we had a high of 86 in Huntington).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 97.48′.
The water temperature is 69˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 94.26′.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:31AM
Sunset: 7:01PM
Length of day: 12:29:05
Today will be 3:01 shorter than yesterday.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 1 day old with 1% illumination.
Moonrise: 8:31AM
Moonset: 8:22PM

About Today’s Photo:

I just had to take a pic of one of our Abbot Lovett birds sculptures peeking out from behind a bunch of asters by our garage. Peek-a-boo!

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