Day: August 19, 2020

Good evening! Mostly clear and 64 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 52 degrees.

I finally broke down and got groceries this evening. 🥞🍖🥪I hadn’t bought anything since I got beer 🍻 on vacation on Friday and I was even running low on the most basics at home. Also got toilet 🚽 paper, which is in stock easily now at much stores. I go through more toilet paper when I camp as the rolls tend to get damp, muddy or damaged and I think I often poop more at camp between the beer and the extra coffee I drink. 💩

I was going to shop when I was going to go over to John Wolcott’s house but that didn’t happen because I had this mailer 📝 I was looking at for work and I was puzzling on how to edit some of the language on it. I’ll work on it more in the morning.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 52 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 14th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 10pm. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1998.

Tonight will have a New 🌚 Moon with 1% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 1:00 am, followed by dawn at 5:38 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:08 am in the east-northeast (72°) and last for 3 minutes and 2 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:46 am with sun in the east-northeast (78°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 17 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 37 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 78 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 28th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 8am. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1937.

I have been really bad about updating the blog lately 💻 but life has been so busy and non stop 🗓️ever since vacation came to a close. Maybe I’m finding other things to occupy my time but I’ve sure been busy. Seems werid with the pandemic smoldering all around and things still closed but time flies by. When winter comes I’ll have more time I guess. I also have a lot of emails 📧 and map requests I need to catch up on. Still thinking 💭 about camping 🏕 this weekend and doing some swimming 🏊🏻‍♂️ if I can find time.

I am a little disappointed with the graniness of the camera 📸 I’m my new smartphone, that said it’s still impressive even if it’s not a fancy iPhone. Technology is getting much better these days. Still thinking about getting a clip on telephoto lens 🔭 for my phone because it might be fun.

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In four weeks on September 16 the sun will be setting in the west (274°) at 7:02 pm,🌄 which is 47 minutes and 36 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 73 and 55 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 72 and 52 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 1939.

Looking ahead, National Dog Day 🐩 is in 1 week, Corn Moon 🌕 is in 2 weeks, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 10 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 11 weeks, Veterans Day 🇺🇸 is in 12 weeks, Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ is in 16 weeks, Tea Party Day 🐍 is in 17 weeks, Festivus 🍖 is in 18 weeks, Bacon Day 🥓 is in 19 weeks, Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 is in 21 weeks, Inauguration Day ✅ is in 22 weeks, Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 is in 25 weeks and Presidents Day 👴 is in 26 weeks.

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. 🐫 I guess I will have to watch more of Homesteady videos where they milk their camel. 🥛 Camel milk is good for children with allergies to dairy apparently. 🌸 Next Wednesday is National Dog Day 🐩. Partly cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind. Almost an autumn like morning. I shouldn’t rush it in Trump’s America 🇺🇸 .

It was nice to hike out to Five Rivers 🐦 last night but the sun sure sets early now that September is just around the corner. 🌇 It’s always a big shock when you come back east and the sun sets so much earlier. It’s nice spending time out in the woods although I miss the wild country of the Finger Lakes.

Today will have isolated showers after 9am. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 74 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 11th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 1pm. Light northwest wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1899.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 60° from the due south horizon (-10.9° vs. 6/21). The sun isn’t nearly as high in the sky now that the first day of summer is in the distance. A six foot person will cast a 3.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:14 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (282°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (288°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:52 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 3 seconds with dusk around 8:20 pm, which is one minute and 32 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (285°) at an altitude of 3° from the horizon, 229,402 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:58 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 69 degrees. The dew point will be 52 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 43 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 36 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 52 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 14th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 6pm. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1998.

On this day in 1955, severe flooding across the northeastern portion of our country caused by Hurricane Diane claims 200 lives. 🌀 Mostly forgotten now, it devesated the Poconos of Pennsylvania, along with much of Connecticut and Massachusetts as rivers overflowed their banks and dams failed. The East Coast got hit by multiple hurricanes that year, the one on top of the other is what lead to a lot of the flooding. 💦

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Maximum dew point of 65 at 7pm. Sunday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 66 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

I am not convinced that Sunday will be really good weather wise ☀ but I’m thinking about taking a weekend out to Schoharie County and going to the Mine Kill Pool. Probably drive out on Sunday as I have a pretty busy day scheduled for Friday with work and lots of video conferences and training that I’m putting on. Certainly will be hot and humid though for the weekend.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is National Dog Day 🐩 when the sun will be setting at 7:39 pm with dusk at 8:08 pm. On that day in 2019, we had sunny and temperatures between 78 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 79 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1948.