Thursday, April 18, 2024

A solo trout lily in bloom

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 7:10AM it’s currently 47 degrees under cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 68%, dewpoint 37, barometric pressure 30.095”. Yesterday’s high was 56, and yesterday’s low was 28. The overnight low got down to 45.

This morning in North Hero it’s currently 47 degrees under cloudy skies. Winds are out of the Relative humidity is 75%, dewpoint 40, barometric pressure 30.04”. Yesterday’s high was 51, and yesterday’s low was 35. The overnight low got down to 41.

Forecast Discussion:

Unsettled conditions will be the rule today and heading into the upcoming weekend. Morning radar imagery shows low pressure over the northern Great Lakes with an occluded front pushing eastward over about Lake Ontario at this hour. A fairly well-defined band of showers extend along this frontal boundary and showers are expected to push into the Champlain Valley by midmorning and into the rest of Vermont by early afternoon. Highs today will be in the upper 40s to around 50 with gusty south winds. Showers are expected to taper off this evening, but a cold front is expected to push through the region later Friday night into Saturday bringing more showers. Another shortwave trough will swing through the region Saturday bringing a slight chance of showers, most likely over northern regions. High pressure is expected to build in on Sunday with dry and seasonable conditions expected into early next week.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see cloudy skies today with showers likely, mainly after 11:00AM. Highs will be near 47 with south winds 10-15 mph gusting to 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100% with rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ possible. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with showers likely, mainly before 7:00PM. Lows will be around 39 with southeast winds 7-9 mph in Huntington and 16-20 mph in the Champlain Valley. Chance of precipitation is 60% with rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ possible.

Friday should be cloudy with a 30 percent chance of afternoon showers. Highs will be near 58 with south winds 9-15 mph in Huntington and 18-25 in the Champlain Valley. Rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ are possible. Friday night should be cloudy with showers likely, mainly before 8:00PM. Lows will be around 42 with south winds 9-17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60% with rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ possible.

Saturday should be partly sunny with a high near 53 and west winds 9-16 mph. Saturday night should be mostly cloudy with a low around 34 and west winds 7-14 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 49 and a low of 38. We picked up 0.22″ of rain.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 47 and a low of 41. We picked up 0.16″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 37 and a high of 57.
The record low was 21 in 1948.
The record high was 91 in 1976.

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 98.72′.
The water temperature is 41˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 98.21′.

The Mt. Mansfield snow stake depth is 64″ (4/16).
The average depth for this date is 64″.

Mt. Washington Summit Conditions
Current Temperature: 31˚
Winds are out of the SE at 6-8 mph
24 hr Precipitation: 0
Visibility: around 90 miles under partly cloudy skies.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 6:02AM
Sunset: 7:40PM
Length of day: 13:38:27
Today will be 2:53 longer than yesterday.

The Moon is waxing gibbous, 9.6 days old with 73% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:29PM
Moonset: 4:12AM

About Today’s Photo:

Robin & I went on a wildflower quest yesterday afternoon in the East Street Woods above our house. Though it’s a tad on the early side to find many flowers, we were pleasantly surprised finding many spring beauties, a profusion of ramps, a couple of hepatica, and this solo trout lily which eagle-eye Robin spotted for the win! I hadn’t expected to see any lilies in bloom yet though there were countless lily leaves pushing up through the leaf litter. Note the collection of maple flowers stuck between the stem and leaves of the flower.

Panasonic GX8, Olympus 60mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/8, 1/200″ exposure