Good evening! Cloudy and 41 degrees in Westerlo. There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. The skies will clear Wednesday around 5 am. Kind of a damp evening, but still sleeping in my truck at my parents house, because I like to spend a least one night a week under the truck cap. It will be plenty warm under my covers though.

Finally got the code working to make the primary election maps up in Google Maps. I will post the first one tomorrow. I couldn’t figure out why my colors weren’t displaying right — I forgot colors are backwards in Google Maps, and forgot to reverse their order when setting the colors. Once I swapped the red and blue channels, things worked perfectly. Tomorrow I’m posting a map of the 2016 Republican Presidential Primary. More primary race maps coming soon.

Also, did you see I posted an updated Google Map of all the lean-tos in the state, and tomorrow will be sharing a list of lean-tos. People like that list a lot, and it’s been a long time since I’ve uploaded an newer version. It’s pretty simple export from Quantum GIS, but it does take some manipulation in OpenOffice Calc and some HTML to make it display properly. But that’s one of many new GIS-style content I have for next week.

I had Sunday dinner at my parents house, where they celebrated Cinco de Mayo late this year. Mom made this really good Mexican-style casserole for dinner. Something she found out of a magazine, but it was remarkably good. And now I’m sleeping in the truck.

The new LED reading lamp I got is impressively bright. I plugged it into my USB port I have in my truck cap, and it really lit things up well for reading. Absolutely no problem reading the book, which appeared bright white, even four feet away. I have an 12 volt/USB extension cord which means I can take the light even farther back for reading by the campfire or plug into one of those USB battery packs I have at home. It also will light the tailgate up well when I’m sitting out back and having a cold one or two.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain showers before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a low of 35 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees below normal. West wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2016, it got down to 45 degrees with rain and mist. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1968.

Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 83% illuminated. The moon will set around 5:12 am. The Full “Flower” Moon is on Wednesday night with mostly cloudy skies expected. The sun will rise at 5:41 am with the first light at 5:10 am, which is one minute and 13 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 9 hours and 37 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers before 7am, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 48 degrees at 3pm. Cold day, essentially 19 degrees below normal. West wind 9 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had mist then mostly sunny skies and a high of 59 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1936. There was a dusting of snow in 1977.

The long range doesn’t look that great for next weekend. Major bummer! Next Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 46 at 4pm. Maybe Saturday will be okay but chilly. We’ll have to watch it. Next Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 46 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 69 degrees.

In four weeks on June 4 the sun will be setting at 8:29 pm, which is 26 minutes and 10 seconds later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had heavy fog, fog, shallow fog, patches of fog, mist, cloudy skies and temperatures between 84 and 61 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 75 and 53 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1919.

If it ever gets that warm, I have the fan up and running in my truck cap. It’s not a real big fan but being oscillating and having fairly well designed blades and speed, it pushes the air around well in the truck cap. The truck cap is relatively small space, so it preforms well. It will be nice when it gets warm. It’s clipped onto the bed rail in the truck, but can be easily moved to clip on the tailgate or table, so when sitting back at camp, and I want to stay cool or keep the bugs off me in the mid-summer.

Looking ahead, Mother’s Day is Next Sunday, Father’s Day is in 6 weeks, Buck Moon is in 9 weeks, National Cheese Cake Day is in 12 weeks, Strugeon Moon is in 3 months, 7 PM Sunset is in 19 weeks, Average High is 60 is in 23 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends is in 26 weeks, Election Day 2017 is in 6 months, Cold Moon is in 30 weeks and New Years Eve is in 34 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 47 degrees.

Kind of a pleasant evening. Went down to the park for a while with my laptop, mostly ended up wasting my time on YouTube and making maps📺. I need to come up with some more Google Maps again but I’ve been lazy. It’s just a matter of getting the data and plotting them. I know I should have brought a book and done some reading. Well I’ll have plenty of time to read during the long weekend if I’m camping in the wilderness. 📚

Sitting out back with the firefly light projector which is pretty but with the moonlight it’s almost not dark enough to enjoy them. 🌠Its a pretty toy but with my other lights it’s often too bright in the woods to work well plus the motor in it is super noisy. Solar panel topped up the battery nicely in the truck today so even if I were to tire out the battery tonight it would be charged by tomorrow although slower as its expected to be quite xloudy and rainy.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy ☁, with a low of 54 degrees at 10pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 49 at 6am. Calm wind. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 2002.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 51% illuminated. The moon will set at 2:03 am. The Flower Moon 🌕 is next Monday with partly cloudy skies expected. Might be a nice evening to sit out back. The sun will rise at 5:26 am with the first light at 4:53 am, which is 50 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 8 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 47 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Cloudy ☁ , with a high of 64 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 54 at 12pm. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Solar cells ain’t going to produce a lot of electricity tomorrow for sure. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 61 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1911.

Today I dressed up for work but it was totally unnecessary.💩 Turns out it wasn’t a session day. I should have read my calendar.👔Tomorrow and Wednesday are session days although tomorrow may be a long day and they skip Wednesday. Hopefully not too late as I don’t want to drive in tomorrow.

I feel like I’m starting to get another sinus infection. 👃I hope not, I’m tired of getting sick.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of thunderstorms after 2pm. ⚡Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 63 at 4pm. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 63 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 72 degrees. This might be a workable weekend for heading out of town but to where I’ve yet to decide.🐥 Still leaning towards the Southern Adirondacks to camp and fish. Not sure if I will bother with the kayak as I have to adjust the rack before mounting it back up there and I’d rather focus on stream fishing for trout🎣 and hiking over messing with the kayak.

In four weeks on June 18 the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm,🌄 which is 18 minutes and 48 seconds later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 88 and 72 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 79 and 57 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1957.

Looking ahead, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 1 weeks, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 15 weeks, Consitution Day 👨‍🏭 is in 17 weeks, Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 20 weeks, Veterans Day Observed (Monday) 🇺🇸 is in 25 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is in 27 weeks and New Years Eve 🎆 is in 32 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 3 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸