Good evening! Mostly clear and 80 degrees in Delmar. There is a southwest breeze at 7 mph. The dew point is 75 degrees. It’s just dripping out there. Welcome to Florida. At least with the sun setting, it’s cooling down quite a bit. 

Tonight will have patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low of 68 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Maximum dew point of 75 at 8pm. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1950. The sun will set at 8:31 pm with dusk around 9:05 pm, which is 38 seconds earlier than yesterday. Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 70% illuminated. The moon will set around 3:53 am. The Full “Buck” Moon is on Tuesday.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high of 90 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal. Light south wind becoming southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 69 at 7am. The record high of 96 was set in 1997.

Right now, the weekend forecast looks decent. Saturday, a slight chance of showers after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 63 at 7am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 84. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

In four weeks on August 11 the sun will be setting at 8:01 pm, which is 29 minutes earlier then today. The average high is 81 degrees, and the record for that date is 98 degrees was set back in 1944.

Today was a long day at work but quite productive. Got a lot done. Didn’t get to bail Big Red out of the shop tonight but I’ll find out how much damage scheduled  maintenance  does to my bank account. I don’t think the bite will be that bad and it should be a lot cooler. I got paid this week, so hopefully I can retire the debt this weekend.

 I cut back my savings rate slightly a few months back, as I got tired of living paycheck to paycheck, sometimes having to move money around or buy cheaper groceries to squeeze a little more out of each paycheck. Been putting more of each paycheck in low cost index funds, because the low fed rate sucks when you have a decent amount in cash savings. I put in long days, but there are rewards for what you do. 
Every day is one day closer to vacation. I just hope that the sunny and hot weather lasts and we don’t get a week of cold rainy days. The long days at work pay for the toys, the beer, the gasoline  and the ammunition. 

I’m tired. But tomorrow is Friday. And maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll be able to find out of town on Saturday. And that will be fun.