Thursday, January 25, 2024

Long shadows across Maplewood Cemetery in Huntington

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:35AM it’s currently 34 degrees and drizzling a bit under cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 34, barometric pressure 30.14”. We picked up 0,.59” of rain/melted precipitation yesterday and 0.34” of rain so far today. Yesterday’s high was 41, and yesterday’s low was 23. The overnight low got down to 34.

This morning in North Hero it’s currently 30 degrees under cloudy skies and fog. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 30, barometric pressure 30.20”. We picked up 0.30” of rain/melted precipitation yesterday and 0.14” of rain with a bit of icing so far today. We’re down to bare ground at the stake. Yesterday’s high was 36, and yesterday’s low was 30.

Forecast Discussion:

Messy weather will be the rule for the next 24-36 hours. Morning road conditions could be a bit tricky given the much of the region has experienced at least a little bit of icing overnight with areas east of the Greens seeing the most. After a lull in precipitation through most of the day today, showers are expected to pick back up this evening and overnight tonight as low pressure tracking out of the Ohio River valley passes just to our west. Some icing is expected in colder locations by morning so be aware during the Friday morning commute. Messy mixed precipitation is expected to continue through much of the day Friday with southern areas seeing mostly all rain with sleet and snow mixing in over northern mountain locations. Precipitation will taper off to snow showers Friday night. Surface high pressure will build in for Saturday bringing dry and seasonably mild conditions with highs in the low to mid 30s. Low pressure is expected to skirt to our south later Sunday night into early Monday bringing some light snow to southern Vermont counties. Dry and more seasonable conditions are expected to start next week.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see cloudy skies today with a slight chance of morning drizzle and patchy fog. Highs will be near 37 with light and variable winds. Tonight should be cloudy with a slight chance of rain before 10:00PM, then rain likely after 1:00AM. Lows will be around 33 with calm winds becoming southeasterly 5-8 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70% with rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ possible.

Friday should be cloudy with rain before 3:00PM, mixing with snow into the evening. Highs will be near 37 with southeast winds 5-11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100% with little or no snow accumulation expected. Friday night should be cloudy with rain showers likely before 2:00AM, then a chance of snow showers. Lows will be around 31 with light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation is 60% with little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday should be mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of snow showers before 9:00AM. Highs will be near 37 with light northwest winds. New snow accumulations of less than 0.50″ are possible. Saturday night should be cloudy with a low around 29 and light northwest winds.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 32 and a low of 18. We picked up 0.50″ of new snow and had 6″ at the stake.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 31 and a low of 13. We had 5″ of snow at the stake.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 12 and a high of 28.
The record low was -15 in 1968.
The record high was 54 in 2010 (we had a high of 53 in Huntington).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 97.61′.
The water temperature is 36˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 96.96′.

The Mt. Mansfield snow stake depth is 54″ (reported 1/23).
The average depth for this date is 45″.

Mt. Washington Summit Conditions
Current Temperature: 26˚
Winds are out of the NW at 51-54 mph
24 hr Precipitation: 0.8″ snow, 0.49″ melted precipitation
Visibility: around 1/16 mile in freezing fog

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 7:17AM
Sunset: 4:51PM
Length of day: 9:33:38
Today will be 2:13 longer than yesterday.

The Moon is the full “Wolf” moon, (Northeast Native American), 14.4 days old with 100% illumination.
Moonrise: 4:39PM
Moonset: 7:43AM

About Today’s Photo:

Low afternoon light cast long shadows across Maplewood Cemetery in Huntington. I’m particularly fascinated by the lines of animal tracks meandering through the headstones. Hard to tell at this distance, but they look like fox tracks.

DJI Mini 3 drone, ISO 100, f/1.7, 1/2000″ exposure