Good morning! All my bags are packed, almost ready to go. Checked the oil and topped off the windshield washer fluid and the tires. As John Denver once sung, I’m leaving in a pickup truck… 

This morning it’s mostly cloudy and 69 degrees in Albany. Calm wind. The dew point is 64 degrees. The skies will clear around 6 pm.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 84 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 71 at 3pm. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record high of 96 was set in 1931. The sun will set at 7:12 pm with dusk around 7:40 pm, which is 1 minutes and 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 12 hours and 41 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 72 degrees at 6am. 16 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 72 at 7pm. South wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1917.

There is 1 week until Citizenship Day when the sun will be setting at 6:59 pm with dusk at 7:27 pm. The average high temperature is 72 degrees, with a record high of 89 in 1942.