Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Still life with fishbone and shale

Morning Observation:

This morning in North Hero at 7:50AM it’s currently 60 degrees under overcast skies. Winds are light out of the west. Relative humidity is 94%, dewpoint 58, barometric pressure 29.71”. We picked up 0.01” of rain yesterday and 0.02” so far today. Yesterday’s high was 67, and yesterday’s low was 61. The overnight low got down to 59.

This morning in Huntington it’s currently 58 degree under overcast skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 57, barometric pressure 29.74”. We picked up 0.20” of rain yesterday and 0.13” so far today. Yesterday’s high was 60, and yesterday’s low was 54. The overnight low got down to 57.

Forecast Discussion:

We’ve got a grey, cool, and damp fall day on tap for today courtesy of two weather systems. A trough moving through southern Ontario and a second coastal low will both contribute to showery conditions through the day today, especially over northern sections. Highs today will range through the 60s. High pressure is expected to build in on Wednesday bringing an extended period of dry and seasonable conditions through the rest of the week and most of the weekend. Forecast models are in a bit of disagreement over the track of a system expected to pass to our south in the Saturday night/Sunday timeframe, so we may or may not see some rain from that one. Stay tuned…

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see cloudy skies today with showers likely. Highs will be near 61 with west winds 8-15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70% with rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ possible. Tonight should be cloudy with a 30% chance of showers before 8:00PM. Skies should gradually become partly cloudy with a low around 50 and northwest winds 5-11 mph. Rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ are possible.

Wednesday should be sunny with a high near 67 and west winds 5-10 mph. Wednesday night should be mostly clear with a low around 50 and north winds 6-10 mph becoming southwesterly after midnight.

Thursday should be sunny with a high near 70 and northwest winds around 6 mph. Thursday night should be mostly clear with a low around 50 and light south winds.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 67 and a low of 58. We picked up 2.26″ of rain.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 63 and a low of 55. We picked up 0.67″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 52 and a high of 71.
The record low was 32 in 2014 (We had a low of 28 in Huntington).
The record high was 85 in 2015 (we had a high of 81 in Huntington).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 97.23′.
The water temperature is 68˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 94.16′.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:35AM
Sunset: 6:55PM
Length of day: 12:19:59
Today will be 3:02 shorter than yesterday.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 4 days old with 16% illumination.
Moonrise: 11:21AM
Moonset: 8:48PM

About Today’s Photo:

I came across this bit of fishbone the other day along with a few others scattered about the shale beach. I’d seen a flash of eagle taking off from near this location below our porch earlier in the morning, and I suspect that the eagle was responsible for the bones…

Sony A7II, ISO 1250, f/8, 1/125″ exposure