Good morning! 8 PM Sunset 🌇. Three weeks to Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕. Rain showers and 70 degrees in Albany, NY. ☔ A few drops fell on my head when I was walking in from the parking, as I plan to leave from work at five to head to the Adirondacks. ⛰There is a south-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around noontime.

Today will have a chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Cloudy ☔ , with a high of 81 degrees at 3pm. 15 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 9am. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.❄

The sun will set at 7:59 pm with dusk around 8:30 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain showers ☁ and thunderstorms 🌩 and 76 degrees. The dew point will be 55 degrees. There will be a southwest breeze at 15 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 14 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. After the thunder rolls through, mostly cloudy 🌩 , with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 57 at 6pm. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2017, we had light rain. It got down to 44 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1974.

I went to Walmart last night in hope of scoring a replacement globe for my broken propane lantern but that was not to be. I’m going to try to top at Walmart in Amsterdam on my way up to the Adirondacks.🏞 Also need more limes for the beer and more lighters in case the one I have doesn’t work. Sure I can use just the electric 💡but I prefer to also have the propane as a backup should the low voltage relay kick in and because the lantern kicks out a 🏮lot of light but uses virtually no propane when hooked to the big tank.

I have firewood I bought in December should the woods be as wet and dark as I expect it to be Friday night. Where I plan to camp is good and dry and at this point I assume that the snow is totally gone – but I could see some patches around as the lakes are still frozen. Probably the fishing will be crap but who knows.🛍 I did pick up some food which actually came out under $30. But then again I only bought a few things to stock up for meals, I really was hoping to get the globe.🌮🍳

Gassed up the truck, checked the tire pressure and the fluids. 🚘Everything seems good. Battery is good lights and inverter are working fine. Still want to mount the solar panel on the truck cap but I have to find time to do that. ⚡Maybe before the Memorial Day Weekend. Gear is loaded up, I tried to go through my check list, but I’m sure once I get up north I’ll discover I forgot something important. I look at this way — it’s a dry run for Memorial Day Weekend.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕 when the sun will be setting at 8:21 pm with dusk at 8:54 pm. On that day in 2017, we had rain, drizzle, mist, cloudy skies and temperatures between 62 and 54 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 72 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1981.