It’s pretty amazing to think that Jimmy Driftwood would pen 6,000 songs in his lifetime, including several hit records. Not bad for a High School principal from Arkansas.

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Clouds with rain showers around and a fairly comfortable 48 degrees at the Exit 23 – Albany (I-787). ☔ There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 2 am. ☃️ Might need to close my windows this evening it would seem.

I got a flat tire yesterday on my bicycle 🚲 so I did not ride to work yesterday and ended up driving in yesterday 🛻 as it was too late to catch the express downtown. I hate motoring to work, especially if I’m not heading out of town but it was the best option and I needed to get groceries and supplies at Wally World 🛒 at any rate later in the week. That said, I really don’t enjoy driving to work, and because the patch didn’t seem to hold air last night, I am taking the bus in and will walk from the Plaza down to work.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 61 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 19th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 12pm. South wind 8 to 18 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2001. 1.2 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 60.4° from the due south horizon (-10.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:09 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (282°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (289°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:48 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 8:17 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:55 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 49 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph breeze ⛅ from the north-northwest. Today will have 13 hours and 52 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 39 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear ☁, with a low of 29 degrees at 4am. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 26th. North wind 7 to 15 mph. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 23 occurred back in 1965.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 62. Maximum dew point of 40 at 5pm. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Maximum dew point of 58 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is May 🕊 when the sun will be setting at 7:57 pm with dusk at 8:26 pm. On that day in 2023, we had rain and temperatures between 59 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 66 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2001.