June 22, 2016 5 PM Update

Good evening! Partly cloudy and breezy and 76 degrees in Albany, NY. Breezy, 24 mph breeze from the west. The dew point is a comfortable 41.

I guess I’m going down to the Hudson River to go fishing and to pick up supplies this evening. I don’t think tomorrow night will be quite so nice. I will pack tomorrow for camping.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 52. Seven degrees below normal. West wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. The record low of 44 occured back in 1940.

Tonight the sun will set at 8:36 pm with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 9 seconds later than yesterday. Tonight we have a Waning Gibbous Moon with 92% illuminated. It will rise in the south east around July’s Buck Moon is on Tuesday, July 19th.

Thursday will have a slight chance of showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Two degrees below normal. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. The record high of 96 was set in 1888.

The weekend forecast has gotten even warmer. Saturday, sunny, with a high near 88. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 91. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees. Going to definitely be a hot one for the first weekend of summer. I guess that means I’m going to Piseco Powley Road for the weekend for the Potholers. We’ll see.

In four weeks on July 20 the sun will be setting at 8:26 pm, which is 10 minutes earlier then today. The average high is 83 degrees, and the record for that date is 97 degrees was set back in 1991. Still a lot of summer left to enjoy.

June 22, 2016 8 AM Update

Good morning! Since the last update, we have some clearing and a slight increase in the temperature and dew point. Partly cloudy and 62 degrees. There is a south breeze at 7 mph. The dew point is a comfortable 50. More sun later on.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Three degrees below normal. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record high of 95 was set in 1954.

Tonight the sun will set at 8:37 pm with dusk around 9:12 pm, which is 9 seconds later than yesterday. We keep adding a few seconds every night, pushing us into the 8:37 sunset. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 8 seconds over yesterday – time lost from the morning.

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 53. Six degrees below normal. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. The record low of 44 occured back in 1940.

On this day in 1969, theΒ Cuyahoga RiverΒ catches fire in Cleveland,Β Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution. River fires weren’t a new thing at the time but it caught the public’s imagination with the advent of color television and LIFE Magazine. The news media has a powerful impact on the national narrative.

Going past the railroad tracks every day, I have to wonder when one of those oil tanker cars will burn under Interstate 787. That would certainly damage the steel and close down the expressway for months if not years. Just because it hasn’t happened yet, doesn’t mean a terrible accident won’t happen in the future. People talked a lot about the risk New Orleans faced before Katrina happened.

There are 8 weeks until Thrift Shop Day when the sun will be setting at 7:52 pm with dusk at 8:22 pm. The average high temperature is 81 degrees, with a record high of 97 in 1913. Thrift shops are a great place for good bargain. And it keeps things out of the landfill or burn pile at least temporarily.

Still a bit undecided about the weekend.Β I’m kind of bored with Piseco-Powley Road, as I’ve spent a lot of time in recent summers up there. But I sure love the the Potholers. Maybe camping at Stewart Landing will be a good change. I don’t know. I guess I have a few more days to decide. Going to be a hot one for sure.

I need to fix the wiring on the truck capΒ which came lose again. I really need to get a better set of switches to run the lamps — the screw on switches I’m currently using seem to always pull lose. They also require a micro-screw driver, which I have managed to misplace. The contacts are unreliable. Maybe I can find a better switch box atΒ Advanced Auto or the Internet.

Enjoy your Hump Day. I know I’m looking forward to the Plaza Farmers Market to get some good eats …

June 22, 2016 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Cloudy and 57 degrees in Delmar. There is a south breeze at 5 mph. The dew point is a comfortable 49. Once it clears out, should be a decent day.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Best chance for the showers us in the Adirondacks. Later on it will become mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Three degrees below normal. Light and variable wind becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. The record high of 95 was set in 1954.

More showers expected for Thursday…