Good evening! Happy First Night of Summer from the wilderness with a billion stars ✨ above. Partly clear and 56 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. There is a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees. Even after building a rip roaring fire 🔥, putting on my blaze orange hoodie and jeans it’s still pretty cool this evening.

It’s been a rough week at work but at least I had today after 7:30 AM off from work so I could take a nap at home then pack my stuff and head up to the Adirondacks. ⛺ I ended up deciding based on the forecast to visit the Speculator area and get my favorite campsite with brilliant views of the night sky, ✨ especially with the modest temperatures, low humidity and clear skies expected over the weekend. Actually most of the work week looks good and I’ll be returning most days to the nine to five schedule rather than nine am to seven am schedule I worked yesterday. I got up here safely but my sleep rhythms are still screwed up, it’s almost midnight but I’m quite awake and lots of sun will be streaming into my truck at four am tomorrow. 🌄 That said it’s nice to be back in the wilderness, it’s been a month now. June just has proven to be a very busy month for me plus I ended up making some big upgrades to my camp electric setup – which seems to work perfectly.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 50 degrees at 4am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 26th. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 50 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1940. Should be great weather for sleeping.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 70% illuminated. The moon will set at 10:10 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Monday night with a chance of t-storms then chance of showers. The Buck Moon 🌝 is on Monday, July 15th. The sun will rise at 5:16 am with the first light at 4:40 am, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 8 hours and 34 minutes of darkness, an increase of 3 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 70 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 19th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 7am. Northwest wind 9 to 16 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1954.

I was thinking about hiking down to the Miami River and doing some fishing 🎣 but looking at the map it’s a bit more of a walk than expected at two miles. I could drive. Or maybe I could hike Pillsbury Mountain – been eight years since I climbed that or better yet do something new and hike back to Pillsbury Lake in the West Canada Lake Wilderness. 🚶 It’s good to explore new places, especially if I want this to be a summer to remember.

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Maximum dew point of 52 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees. Planning to do some kayaking and fishing on Sunday down in Speculator.

In four weeks on July 19 the sun will be setting at 8:33 pm,🌄 which is 9 minutes and 2 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 83 and 55 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1904.

Looking ahead, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 2 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 2 months, Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 is in 10 weeks and Average High 70 🎑 is in 3 months.