Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Silver maples reddening in Pelots Bay

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:55AM it’s currently a cool 47 degrees under mostly clear skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 96%, dewpoint 96, barometric pressure 30.42”. Yesterday’s high was 68, and yesterday’s low was 40. The overnight low got down to 37.

This morning in North Hero it’s currently 49 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 94%, dewpoint 47, barometric pressure 40.40”. Yesterday’s high was 69, and yesterday’s low was 52. The overnight low got down to 49.

Forecast Discussion:

High pressure centered over eastern Canada will continue our stretch of lovely fall weather through the upcoming weekend and into the middle of next week. Highs today will be similar to yesterday’s—in the mid to upper 60s—with lows tonight dipping into the upper 30s in colder spots and around 50 near Lake Champlain. A bit of a warming trend is expected heading into the weekend with highs pushing into the mid 70s. It’s gunna be lovely!

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see mostly sunny skies today with a high near 70 and light north winds. Tonight should be mostly clear with a low around 43 in Huntington and 52 in North Hero with light north winds.

Thursday should be sunny with a high near 73 and light and variable winds. Thursday night should be mostly clear with a low around 49 and southeast winds 5-10 mph.

Friday should be partly sunny with a high near 71 and south winds 5-10 mph. Friday night should be mostly clear with a low around 48 and light south winds.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 59 and a low of 45. We picked up 0.02″ of rain.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 61 and a low of 57. We picked up 0.05″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 49 and a high of 68.
The record low was 27 in 1947.
The record high was 90 in 2017 (we had a high of 88 in Huntington).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 96.81′.
The water temperature is 66˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 94.74′.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:44AM
Sunset: 6:40PM
Length of day: 11:55:41
Today will be 3:02 shorter than yesterday.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 12 days old with 93% illumination.
Moonrise: 6:10PM
Moonset: 4:05AM

About Today’s Photo:

Silver maples in nearby swamps along Lake Champlain have been showing their fall color for a couple of weeks now. It’s interesting to see distinct patches of red along the shoreline indicating a wetland or swamp nestled in between the still-green foliage of other species.

Sony A7II, Sony 24-240mm lens @ 191mm, ISO 1250, f/6.2, 1/100″ exposure