May 30, 2017 8 AM Update

A rather gray morning. I decided I didn’t want to ride the local to work and was running too late to walk down to the park and ride, so I drove. 57 degrees this morning as the work week gets underway. Still beats driving in the city. Rain, thunderstorms, maybe severe, and 65 degrees later. Tomorrow I promise I’ll get an earlier start but it will be too wet for walking. I’m just thinking the local maybe somewhat delayed with the Delmar detour. 

The sun will set at 8:25 pm with dusk around 8:59 pm, which is 49 seconds later than yesterday. At sunset, look thunderstorms and 62 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 5 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 20 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 56 degrees at 4am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7pm. South wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2016, it got down to 59 degrees with mostly sunny skies. The record low of 34 occurred back in 1961.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is 8:30 PM Sunset when the sun will be setting at 8:30 pm with dusk at 9:05 pm. On that day in 2016, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 83 and 59 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1925.

Back to work on this Tuesday after Memorial Day. So be it. My calendar says today is a pay day, at least late in the evening. Direct deposit is rather nice. Hopefully the weekend will have decent weather, although I will probably stay in town and just go for a day hike and fishing. The woods is bound to be quite wet. 

May 30, 2017 Morning

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Next Tuesday is the 8:30 PM Sunset. Cloudy and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southeast breeze at 9 mph. The dew point is 51 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 11 pm.

Today will have scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Cloudy and gray, with a high of 65 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 57 at 5pm. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had a thunderstorm and partly cloudy skies and a high of 84 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1987.

May 29, 2017 Night

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. The rain stopped but it is still rather wet out. There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. The dew point is 52 degrees. The skies will clear Thursday around noontime.

Watching the PBS Newshour and laying in bed. Tomorrow morning will be here before you know it and I wanted to be informed on the weekends developments.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 53 degrees at 3am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 53 at 11pm. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2016, it got down to 65 degrees with thunderstorm and thunderstorm rain and rain and mist and partly cloudy skies. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1967.

Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with 33% illuminated. The moon will set around 12:37 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Thursday night with partly cloudy skies expected. Might be pretty. The Full β€œStrawberry” Moon is on Friday, June 9th. The sun will rise at 5:21 am with the first light at 4:47 am, which is 34 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 8 hours and 55 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 21 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 67 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 59 at 4pm. South wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had thunderstorm, thunderstorm rain, rain, mist, partly cloudy skies and a high of 84 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1987.

A bit cool next weekend but maybe fairly nice. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 72. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7am. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 70. Maximum dew point of 47 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 75 degrees. I might go camping, I’ll think about it some more. Things will be quite wet compared with even more rain coming up this week. I want to get the oil change done before my next my next out of town trip. 

In four weeks on June 26 the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm, which is 12 minutes and 36 seconds later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 90 and 65 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 59 degrees. The record high of 99 degrees was set back in 1952.

Looking ahead, National Lasagna Day is in 2 months, Mutts Day is in 9 weeks, Strugeon Moon is in 10 weeks, Labor Day is in 14 weeks, September 11th is in 15 weeks, More Night Then Day in Albany is in 17 weeks, Columbus Day is in 19 weeks, Christmas is in 30 weeks, January 1, 2018 is in 31 weeks and 35th Birthday is in 8 months.

Campsite After Dark

My campsite after dark, although not dark enough to see the laser light show. Roaring campfire, lit up flags, patriotic lights.

The first part of this video is rather blurry, but so be it. The focus wasn't right on the camera, but it improves as the video continues.