Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Cherry blossoms bursting

Rabbit-rabbit!

Morning Observation:

This morning in Huntington at 6:15AM it’s currently 44 degrees under cloudy skies. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 97%, dewpoint 43, barometric pressure 29.91”. We picked up 0.10” of rain yesterday and 0.05” so far today. Yesterday’s high was 60, and yesterday’s low was 43. The overnight low got down to 44.

This morning in North Hero it’s currently 44 degrees under cloudy skies with fog. Winds are calm. Relative humidity is 99%, dewpoint 44, barometric pressure 29.94”. We picked up 0.12” of rain yesterday and 0.01” far today. Yesterday’s high was 59, and yesterday’s low was 443. The overnight low got down to 43.

Forecast Discussion:

Morning fog is the main weather headline for today with valley fog prevalent in the Champlain Valley. We’ll see mostly cloudy skies today with highs in the upper 50s/low 60s north to around 70 south with some terrain driven sprinkles possible during the day today. A weak upper level trough is expected to drop into the region overnight tonight bringing showers overnight and into Thursday. Drier conditions are expected for Friday as a brief ridge of high pressure slides through with some glimpses of sunshine possible Friday afternoon as highs push into the upper 60s and low 70s. Unsettled conditions are expected heading into the weekend as an occluded front moves through sometime later Saturday night into Sunday.

3-Day Forecast:

We’ll see mostly cloudy skies morning fog today with a 20% chance of showers. Highs will be near 60 with light northwest winds. Tonight should be mostly cloudy with showers likely around daybreak. Lows will be around 49 with calm winds becoming southeasterly around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60% with rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ possible.

Thursday should be mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers, mainly before 5:0PM. Highs will be near 64 with south winds around 9 mph becoming northwesterly in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts of less than 0.10″ are possible. Thursday night should be mostly cloudy with a low around 46 and north winds around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Friday should be partly sunny with a high near 66 with east winds 3-5 mph. Friday night should be mostly cloudy with a low around 48 and southeast winds 3-5 mph.

Almanac:

Last year on this date in Huntington we had a high of 56 and a low of 37. We picked up 0.91″ of rain.
Last year in North Hero we had a high of 55 and a low of 44. We picked up 0.65″ of rain.

Burlington averages for this date are a low of 42 and a high of 64.
The record low was 25 in 1961.
The record high was 86 in 2001 (we had a high of 84 in Huntington).

The Lake Champlain lake level in Burlington is 98.02′.
The water temperature is 44˚.
Last year’s lake level was at 98.40′.

The Mt. Mansfield snow stake depth is 46″.
The average depth for this date is 48″.

Mt. Washington Summit Conditions
Current Temperature: 38˚
Winds are out of the NW at 24-29 mph
24 hr Precipitation: 0.31″ rain
Visibility: about 1/16 mile in fog

Sky Notes:

Sunrise: 5:42AM
Sunset: 7:56PM
Length of day: 14:14:32
today will be 2:39 longer than yesterday.

The Moon is in its last quarter, 22 days old with 52% illumination.
Moonrise: 2:40AM
Moonset: 11:54AM

About Today’s Photo:

We have a Manchu cherry bush on in our patio garden that is producing a profusion of flowers this year. I’m waiting to see what kind of pollinators come to it as I’ve only seen a random bumble bee or two so far this spring.

Sony A7II, Sony 90mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/10, 1/60″ exposure