Sunday, September 17, 2023

A darner dragonfly alights on a cedar in our front yard at camp

Morning Observation:

This morning in North Hero at 7:10AM it’s currently 59 under partly cloudy skies. Winds light out of the south. Relative humidity is 88%, dewpoint 55, barometric pressure 29.85”. Yesterday’s high was 72, and yesterday’s low was 57. The overnight low got down to 57.

This morning in Huntington it’s currently 46 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 45, barometric pressure 29.90”. Yesterday’s high was 69, and yesterday’s low was 49. The overnight low got down to 45.

Forecast Discussion:

We’ve got another lovely early fall day on tap courtesy of high pressure which is sliding to our east. Clouds will be on the increase during the day today out ahead of an area of low pressure approaching from the Great Lakes. Showers will push into the region overnight and into Monday. Meanwhile, a coastal low is expected to move up the coast on Monday and perhaps bring a few showers mostly to eastern areas during the day on Monday and into early Tuesday. A broad area of Canadian high pressure will build in starting Tuesday bringing an extended period of dry and seasonably mild weather during into next weekend.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see partly sunny skies today with a high near 73 and south winds 5-7 mph. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with showers likely late. Lows will be around 55 with south winds 7-10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60% with rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ possible.

Monday should be mostly cloudy with showers likely, mainly before 11:00AM. Highs will be near 68 with southeast winds around 6 mph becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60% with rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ possible. Monday night should be cloudy with showers likely. Lows will be around 53 with north winds 7-9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60% with rainfall amounts between 0.25″-0.50″ possible.

Tuesday should be cloudy through midmorning with a 40% chance of showers before 1:00PM. Skies should gradually with a high near 63 and northwest winds 7-10 mph in Huntington and 11-15 mph over Lake Champlain gusting to 21 mph. Rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ are possible. Tuesday night should be partly cloudy with a low around 50 and west winds 5-9 mph.

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 67 and a low of 50.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 53 and a low of 72.
The record low was 34 in 1961.
The record high was 87 in 2018 (we had a high of 84).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 97.43′.
The water temperature is 67˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 94.23′.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:33AM
Sunset: 6:59PM
Length of day: 12:26:03
Today will be 3:01 shorter than yesterday.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 2 days old with 5% illumination.
Moonrise: 9:33AM
Moonset: 8:42PM

About Today’s Photo:

I’ve been watching a pair of darner dragonflies (perhaps black-tipped? WJ?) engaged in their mating flights for the past few days at camp. They’ll fly through the air coupled tail to tail and then break apart. This one of the pair took a rest break on one of the cedars in our waterside yard.

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