August 17, 2016 Afternoon

The sun will set at 7:52 pm with dusk around 8:22 pm, which is 1 minutes and 31 seconds earlier than yesterday.Β At sunset look for 73 degrees with a dew point around 62 degrees under mostly clear skies.Β Early tomorrow morning at 5:26 a.m. EDT is the full moon.

August 17, 2016 9 AM Update

Exceptional temperatures:
Thursday will be warm. 87 degrees. 80 normal. 95 record (1981). Mostly Sunny then Scattered Showers.
Friday will be warm. 88 degrees. 80 normal. 92 record (1977). Sunny.
Saturday will be warm. 88 degrees. 80 normal. 97 record (1998). Mostly Sunny.
Saturday night will be warm. 68 degrees. 59 normal. 42 record (1977). Partly Cloudy.
Sunday will be warm. 86 degrees. 80 normal. 98 record (1977). Mostly Sunny then Chance of T-storms.
Sunday night will be warm. 69 degrees. 59 normal. 39 record (1982). Chance of T-storms.
Rain and thunderstorms expected:
Thursday Slight chance of rain and thunderstorms from noon to 5 pm.
Chance of rain and slight chance of thunderstorms from 5 pm to 6 pm.
Slight chance of rain from 6 pm to 8 pm.
0.08 inches.
Saturday Slight chance of rain and thunderstorms from noon to midnight.
Sunday Slight chance of rain from midnight to 8 am.
Slight chance of rain and thunderstorms from 8 am to 12 pm.
Chance of rain and thunderstorms from noon to midnight.
Monday Chance of rain and thunderstorms from midnight to 8 pm.
Slight chance of rain from 8 pm to midnight.
Tuesday Slight chance of rain from midnight to 8 am.
Cloudy periods:
Sunday Mostly cloudy from 10 pm to midnight.
Monday Mostly cloudy from midnight to 3 pm.
Muggy periods (dew point greater then 64):
Thursday Muggy from 4 pm to 10 pm. 72-87 degrees. Heat Index 89. Dew Point 65-66.
Friday Muggy from 8 am to 10 am. 69-77 degrees. Heat Index 77. Dew Point 65-66.
Saturday Muggy from 8 am to midnight. 69-88 degrees. Heat Index 91. Dew Point 66-67.
Sunday Muggy from midnight to midnight. 68-86 degrees. Heat Index 90. Dew Point 67-69.
Monday Muggy from midnight to 7 pm. 69-82 degrees. Heat Index 85. Dew Point 65-68.

Northeast Tip

This is the upper tip of the Horseshoe Lake, in the most North-Eastern portion.

Taken on Thursday August 12, 2010 at Horseshoe Lake.

August 17, 2016 9 AM Update

On this day in 1977, the Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.Β Part of it was they built stronger ice breakers and it was a warmer summer, part of it was climate change.

And in 1982, the first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany. Happy sterile listening, although at least you could play the same song over and over again, without wearing out the record grooves.