Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Nature’s mandala

Morning Observation:

This morning in North Hero at 7:35AM it’s currently 60 degrees under clear skies. Winds are light out of the west. Relative humidity is 77%, dewpoint 53, barometric pressure 30.06”. We picked up 0.04” of rain yesterday. Yesterday’s high was 62, and yesterday’s low was 59. The overnight low got down to 55.

This morning in Huntington it’s currently 47 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 46, barometric pressure 30.10”. We picked up 0.30” of rain yesterday. Yesterday’s high was 61, and yesterday’s low was 56. The overnight low got down to 46.

Forecast Discussion:

High pressure building into the region will bring us an extended period of dry and seasonable weather through the remainder of the week and into the weekend. Highs today will range through the 60s, into the low 70s on Thursday, and mid 70s by Friday as a bit of a warming trend occurs. Forecast models are in a bit of disagreement about the track of a storm system expected to move up the mid-Atlantic coast this weekend with both the European and Global models keeping the storm to our south, while the Canadian models shows the storm moving into New England. At this point the NWS is calling for dry conditions Saturday with increasing clouds Saturday night into Sunday. We’ll have to wait to see what sugars out…

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see sunny skies today with a high near 66 and west winds 5-9 mph. Tonight should be mostly clear with a low around 45 in Huntington and 54 in North Hero with west winds 7-9 mph.

Thursday should be sunny with a high near 69 and northwest winds around 6 mph. Thursday night should be mostly clear with a low around 45 in Huntington and 50 in North Hero with light southeast winds.

Friday should be sunny with a high near 72 and south winds 5-9 mph. Friday night should be mostly clear with a low around 48 and south winds 6-10 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 64 and a low of 58. We picked up 0.16″ of rain.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 58 and a low of 56. We picked up 0.22″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 51 and a high of 71.
The record low was 30 in 1979.
The record high was 89 in 1946.

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 97.21′
The water temperature is 66˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 94.33′.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:36AM
Sunset: 6:53PM
Length of day: 12:16:57
Today will be 3:02 shorter than yesterday.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 5 days old with 24% illumination.
Moonrise: 12:34PM
Moonset: 9:19PM

About Today’s Photo:

Hens and chicks (hen-widdies in the southern US!) are a popular succulent in gardens. Native to southern Europe and northern Africa, these low growing perennials launch tall flowering stalks. The plants have been used in ways similar to aloe for skin irritation and burns.

Sony A7II, Sony 24-240mm lens @ 139mm, ISO 1250, f/8, 1/40″ exposure