Monday, April 29, 2024

A willow flower with a drop of rain

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:05AM it’s currently 43 degrees under cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 91%, dewpoint 41, barometric pressure 30.96”. We picked up 0.67” of rain yesterday. Yesterday’s high was 69, and yesterday’s low was 50. The overnight low got down to 43.

This morning in North Hero it’s currently 43 degrees under cloudy skies. Winds are out of the northwest at 2-5 mph. Relative humidity is 88%, dewpoint 40, barometric pressure 30.12”. We picked up 0.71” of rain yesterday. Yesterday’s high was 57, and yesterday’s low was 46. The overnight low got down to 43.

Forecast Discussion:

We’ve got a mostly dry albeit coolish day on tap for today with highs expected to in the mid to upper 50s under mostly cloudy skies. Low pressure approaching the western Great Lakes today will lift a warm front into the region overnight tonight bringing widespread showers later tonight through much of Tuesday. Dry and seasonably mild conditions are expected for the middle part of the week as high pressure settles in Wednesday through Friday. Unsettled and warm conditions look to arrive by the weekend.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see mostly cloudy skies today with a high near 57 and north winds 8-10 mph. Tonight should be cloudy with showers likely, mainly after 5:00AM. Lows will be around 44 with calm winds becoming southeasterly around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60% with rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ possible.

Tuesday should be cloudy with showers. Highs will be near 63 with southeast winds 7-10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80% with rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ possible. Tuesday night should be cloudy with showers likely. Lows will be around 46 with southeast winds 5-7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70% with rainfall amounts between 0.10″-0.25″ possible.

Wednesday should be mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of morning showers. Highs will be near 61 with calm winds becoming northwesterly around 5 mph in the afternoon. Wednesday night should be mostly cloudy with a low around 47 and calm winds.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 57 and a low of 46. We picked up 0.07″ of rain.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 55 and a low of 46. We picked up 0.04″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 42 and a high of 63.
The record low was 26 in 2012 (we had a low of 24 in Huntington).
The record high was 85 in 1986.

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 98.14′.
The water temperature is 43˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 98.21′.

The Mt. Mansfield snow stake depth is 50″.
The average depth for this date is 51″.

Mt. Washington Summit Conditions
Current Temperature: 36˚
Winds are out of the NW at 50 gusting to 62 mph
24 hr Precipitation: 0.73″ rain
Visibility: around 70 miles under partly cloudy skies.

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:45AM
Sunset: 7:54PM
Length of day: 14:09:12
today will be 2:41 longer than yesterday.

The Moon is waning gibbous, 20 days old with 73% illumination.
Moonrise: 1:18AM
Moonset: 9:24AM

About Today’s Photo:

Willows are exploding everywhere this time of year. I never tire of the beautiful intricacy of the willow flowers—so delicate and so effusive!

Panasonic GX8, olympus 60mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/8, 1/640″ exposure