Good afternoon! Partly cloudy and very muggy with occassional downpours, with the mercury around 90 degrees in Delmar. There is a south breeze at 8 mph. The dew point is 75 degrees. The heat index is 103. We will have on and off showers for the next week, leaving 1.31 inches of rain is expected before it ends Thursday around 7 pm. Despite all the mugginess, so far not at lot of rain.

Today, I spent some time working on work stuff at home, calculating some spreadsheets and data. Then I fixed some code on my blog, including getting the Facebook location code working once again, and some fixes to the weather code. Nothing major. But by mid-afternoon it was pretty hot, so I went down to the library. I drove — not just because of the heat but because I honestly didn’t want to get soaked.

I am still thinking about checking out the new Dick’s Sporting Goods / Field and Stream in the old Walmart in Latham this afternoon. I’m still thinking about the Remington 783 deer rifle they have on sale for $289 plus a $40 mail-in rebate.  It’s a good deal. I don’t know. I am leaning on getting the 30-06 of that if they have it. Also, the .22 ammo sale is pretty good there. Or maybe I’ll go up to Thacher Park and just enjoy the cooler air up there, assuming it’s partly clear, as it has been much of the day. And get good ice cream on the way home. The air conditioning in my truck is very refreshing in this weather.

It’s such a weird day. Sometimes it’s blue skies, with times of heavy rain. The risk of driving the Adirondack Northway in heavy rain makes me lean against going to Dick’s today. I guess I could go tomorrow. If I had the bad luck of having a delayed sale, it wouldn’t matter — I would end up having to pick up the gun on Thursday, as the three day window is same based on business days. But maybe I should buy other toys first.

This afternoon will have showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 90 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal. Heat index values as high as 102 between 3pm and 5pm. Nine degrees above normal. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 76 at 4pm. The record high of 98 was set in 1947. The sun will set at 7:58 pm with dusk around 8:29 pm, which is 1 minutes and 27 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 13 hours and 57 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 75 degrees at 3am. 15 degrees above normal. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 76 at 6pm. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1941.

Cloudy periods:
Saturday – Mostly cloudy from 4 pm to midnight.
Sunday – Mostly cloudy from midnight to 9 pm.
Monday – Mostly cloudy from 1 am to 9 am.
Tuesday – Mostly cloudy from 8 am to midnight.
Wednesday – Mostly cloudy from midnight to 11 pm.

Rainy periods:
Saturday – Rain and thunderstorms from 3 pm to 6 pm. Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from 6 pm to midnight. 0.33 inches.
Sunday – Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from midnight to 12 pm. Rain and thunderstorms from noon to 1 pm. Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from 1 pm to 2 pm. Rain and thunderstorms from 2 pm to 3 pm. Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from 3 pm to midnight. 0.35 inches.
Monday – Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from midnight to 8 am. Slight chance of rain and slight chance of thunderstorms from 8 am to midnight.
Tuesday – Slight chance of rain and slight chance of thunderstorms from midnight to 2 pm. Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from 2 pm to midnight. 0.28 inches.
Wednesday – Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from midnight to 8 pm. Slight chance of rain and slight chance of thunderstorms from 8 pm to midnight. 0.3 inches.
Thursday – Slight chance of rain and slight chance of thunderstorms from midnight to 8 am. Chance of rain and chance of thunderstorms from 8 am to 8 pm.

Muggy periods (dew point greater then 64):
Saturday – Muggy from 3 pm to midnight. 78-90 degrees. Heat Index 102. Dew Point 74-76.
Sunday – Muggy from midnight to midnight. 73-88 degrees. Heat Index 96. Dew Point 69-74.
Monday – Muggy from midnight to 2 pm. 69-83 degrees. Heat Index 85. Dew Point 65-69.
Tuesday – Muggy from 10 am to midnight. 71-83 degrees. Heat Index 86. Dew Point 66-68.
Wednesday – Muggy from midnight to midnight. 68-82 degrees. Heat Index 86. Dew Point 66-71.
Thursday – Muggy from midnight to midnight. 67-84 degrees. Heat Index 87. Dew Point 66-67.
Friday – Muggy from midnight to 10 pm. 65-84 degrees. Heat Index 86. Dew Point 65-66.

On this day in 1969, The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

There is 1 week until First Day with Average High Below 80 when the sun will be setting at 7:48 pm with dusk at 8:17 pm. With this kind of heat, that is certainly welcome news. The average high temperature is 79 degrees, with a record high of 97 in 1937.