Thursday, September 21, 2023

A honey bee works sedum blossoms in one of our camp gardens

Morning Observation:

This morning in North Hero at 6:50AM it’s currently 53 degrees under clear skies. Winds are light out of the south. Relative humidity is 88%, dewpoint 49, barometric pressure 30.25”. Yesterday’s high was 70, and yesterday’s low was 55. The overnight low got down to 52.

This morning in Huntington it’s currently 40 degrees under clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 39, barometric pressure 30.25”. Yesterday’s high was 68, and yesterday’s low was 44. The overnight low got down to 40.

Forecast Discussion:

We’ve got some delightful fall weather ahead of us courtesy of a large area of high pressure building in over the northeast. We’ll see seasonably warm and dry conditions with chilly nights. Highs today are expected to top out in the low 70s with overnight temperatures dropping into the upper 40s over Lake Champlain and into the lower 30s in mountain valleys. The usual cold spots may even pick up a spot of frost. Friday is looking similar with the addition of high clouds building into the region Friday night which will limit radiational cooling so overnight lows shouldn’t be as chilly. As we head into the weekend, we continue to keep an eye on a potent coastal low pressure system expected to move up the mid-Atlantic coast. Forecast models are still in disagreement over the track of the storm with the Global model keeping it well to our south while the European and especially the Canadian models show the storm moving into New England. At this time the NWS is forecasting mostly just clouds with the possibility of showers over southern areas of Vermont for Saturday and early Sunday while northern areas remain dry. We’ll have to see how that plays out. Whatever the case, the storm is expected to move off to the south and east later on Sunday with dry and seasonable conditions expected heading into early next week.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see sunny skies today with a high near 68 and northwest winds 5-7 mph. Tonight should be clear with a low around 44 in Huntington and 51 in North Hero with light north winds.

Friday should be sunny with a high near 71 with south winds around 6 mph. Friday night should be partly cloudy with a low around 54 and south winds 6-12 mph.

Saturday should be partly sunny with a high near 69 and south winds 5-9 mph. Saturday night should be mostly cloudy with a low around 53 and light and variable winds.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 71 and a low of 53. We picked up 0.04″ of rain.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 68 and a low of 55. We picked up 0.01″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 51 and a high of 70.
The record low was 30 in 1962.
The record high was 85 in 1965.

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 97.18′.
The water temperature is 66˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 94.47′.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:37AM
Sunset: 6:51PM
Length of day: 12:13:55
Today will be 3:02 shorter than yesterday.

The Moon is a waxing crescent, 6 days old with 34% illumination.
Moonrise: 1:46PM
Moonset: 9:59PM

About Today’s Photo:

The sedum that Robin planted in one of our camp flower beds is bursting with blossoms now, and the honey bees and other pollinators are taking full advantage of its late season bounty!

Sony A7II, Sony 90mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/5, 1/100″ exposure