August 31, 2016 – This Day in History

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On this day in 1965, the Super Guppy took it’s first flight. The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft that is used for hauling outsize cargo components. It was the successor to the Pregnant Guppy, the first of the Guppy aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines, which in turn was named for its resemblance to a pregnant guppy. Five were built in two variants, both of which were colloquially referred to as the “Super Guppy”.

More from Wikipedia: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy

And definitely watch this video of a Super Guppy taking off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRI5IpdrbH8

August 31, 2016 9 AM Update

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From now through Thursday afternoon, we are looking for cloudy weather. Then nice for the weekend. Relatively warm for early September, going into the week after Labor Day Weekend.

Exceptional temperatures:
Tonight will be warm. 65 degrees. 57 normal. 41 record (1967). Scattered T-storms.
Labor day will be warm. 82 degrees. 76 normal. 91 record (1974). Mostly Sunny.
Monday night will be warm. 62 degrees. 55 normal. 38 record (1938). Mostly Clear.
Tuesday will be warm. 85 degrees. 76 normal. 91 record (1938). Mostly Sunny.
Rain and thunderstorms expected:
Wednesday – Slight chance of rain and thunderstorms from 1 pm to 4 pm. Chance of rain and thunderstorms from 4 pm to midnight. 0.19 inches.
Thursday – Chance of rain and thunderstorms from midnight to 6 am. Chance of rain from 6 am to 9 am. Slight chance of rain from 9 am to 5 pm.
Wednesday – Slight chance of rain from 8 am to 9 am.
Cloudy periods:
Wednesday – Mostly cloudy from 11 am to 10 pm. Cloudy from 10 pm to midnight.
Thursday – Cloudy from midnight to 6 am. Mostly cloudy from 6 am to noon.

August 31, 2016 Morning

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Good morning! Where did August go? We know were Donald Trump is going today. Mexico. Hopefully he’ll stay down there. Right now it’s cloudy and 67 degrees in Albany, NY. There is a south breeze at 6 mph. The dew point is 60 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around noontime.

Today will have isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 82 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 1pm. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. The record high of 93 was set in 1953.

Nicer weather expected for the holiday weekend….