Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Next Wednesday is Latest Sunset 🌆. Sunny and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 51 degrees.

I’m heading out for my morning walk in a bit 🚶 and they’ll get down to work. Not sure if I’ll be working late tonight but earning money is nice. I’m guessing not but that means I won’t be able to pack for leaving for the Adirondacks before dawn tomorrow. Pine Bush virtual dinner tonight at 7 pm, Judy Enck is speaking, details at SaveThePineBush.org. I’ll try to listen on the phone if I have to work.

I sent over the BDS instructions guide for cutting the tie rod ends and getting the lift kit back together on my truck and hopefully repaired today. 🔧 I really want to get that finished and the debt retired as soon as possible. 💵 I wish the shop could have figured this out themselves but at least they’ve been good at providing updates. My hope is to get two more years out of the tires before retiring Big Red and not losing any wheels while driving the mean time.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 86 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 55 at 9am. Not super humid, but wait for Thursday. Calm wind. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1994.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.8° from the due south horizon (-0° 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 7:54 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:36 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:10 pm, which is 20 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 78 degrees. The dew point will be 55 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 14 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 56 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 14th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 9pm. Light south wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1958.

On this day in 1972, Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, 🏢 in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. This would become the basis for the Watergate scandal.

Hot and stormy this weekend. Saturday, a chance of thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 65 at 8am. Sunday, a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 66 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 79 degrees.

Still hoping to get to the Adirondacks this weekend 🗻 but probably not until before work on Friday. It all depends on when I get the truck back and get to store to get supplies, wash my clothes and test things out on the road a bit. I’m thinking if it’s real hot on Thursday I might bring my work laptop 💻 down to the Hudson River and work at the park maybe with a fishing line in one hand. 🎣

As previously noted, next Wednesday is Latest Sunset 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 85 and 56 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.