Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. 👨‍💻 Back to work again, although today is a remote work day from home. I thought about going in the office, with the cold and rain today,  Three weeks to Hottest Time of the Year 😅. Pouring rain with a few claps of thunder, around 61 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌩 There is a east-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. A pretty good thunderstorm this morning. The dew point is 60 degrees.

I wanted to go out for my walk this morning, 🚶‍♀️ but when I first got up it was pouring rain. And then it started to rain even harder. 🌧 It seems like most of today will be a pretty wet day. At least it waited until the work week to get nasty out, although yesterday afternoon was surprisingly hot. 😅 I was going to go with Dad to the Gas Up 🚜 but then Dad decided he wasn’t feeling good with the heat, so I ended up skipping that and going out to my parents house for Sunday dinner then a walk up on Wolf Hill 🐺 on Sunday evening until about dusk. It was kind of a nice evening, I had chicken at my parents house 🍗 and then hiked. Not a lot of wildlife up there, just a few birds in the trees. 🐦

Today will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm 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 small hail and gusty winds. 🌦 High of 70 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 12th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. 🏖️ South wind 7 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1892.

I really need to get to the store today, 🏪 as I am pretty much out of food. 🛒 I have made due most of the past work week but you can only stretch the things you have in the pantry so far until the missing items become a problem. 🥫 Plus I don’t like breaking out the canned stuff I have for camping, because that tends to be more expensive and means a lot more trash. I might go to Wally World, as I like their selection of bulk foods and I also really need to get some more undershirts 👕 as the ones I have a pretty darn worn out.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.7° from the due south horizon (-0.2° 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 7:52 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:35 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 26 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west (270°) at an altitude of 31° from the horizon, 240,105 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:55 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 67 degrees. The dew point will be 62 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 17 minutes of daytime, an increase of 27 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 16th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6pm. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 42 occurred back in 1985.

The Juneteenth Weekend Looks Pretty nice. 😎 Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

I am planning on heading up to Piseco-Powley Road on Thursday evening 🏕 after work. I might sneak out of the office a bit early, as I am working downtown but I am undecided about that. It would be easier if I was in the office another day of the week and working from home that day. but so be it.

As previously noted, next Monday is Summer ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2020, we had hot, mostly sunny and temperatures between 92 and 69 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 81 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1938.