Good morning! Yeah, it’s Holiday before Independence Day! 🎇 Friday before July 4th. Cloudy, muggy and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The skies will clear around 8 pm.

I considered heading out of town this weekend ⛺ but I decided to avoid the crowds, especially with the developed campgrounds closed or at least not taking new reservations. Instead I’m thinking about heading out to Vermont on Sunday when campsites are opening up there and working remotely this week from camp. I know some good places where I have cell service and can get good sunshine ☀ for the solar.

I have a double checked and Albany County remains on the exempt list 📃 for Coronavirus quarantine in Vermont as its levels are below the state averages. 👾 So I am good on that front although I doubt I’ll run into many people in Vermont except maybe to get ice next week. Not sure if that will be true after July 10th with the recent uptick in the news 📰 but as I’m good for going this week.

Today will have isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 81 degrees at 12pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 1st. Maximum dew point of 70 at 1pm. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 90 degrees. The record high of 102 was set in 1911.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.3° from the due south horizon (-0.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:37 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 14 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (140°) at an altitude of 13° from the horizon, 233,971 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 13 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 49 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy , with a low of 62 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 6pm. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1971.

On this day in 1886, the New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

Independence Day will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 87 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 9am. North wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 91 degrees. The record high of 104 was set in 1911.

Looking ahead to Sunday, Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

There are 4 months until Election Day 2020 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm with dusk at 5:14 pm (Standard Time). The average high temperature is 82 degrees, with a record high of 102 in 1911.