July 5, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Independence Day has come and gone and I hope you have the same number of fingers ✋as yesterday. Mostly sunny and 66 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees.

I just had breakfast 🍛and are finishing up packing now. I want to try to leave a little after 10 am today – I need to get gas ⛽ and another bottle of cream for that most uncomfortable man problem 🍆that is better this morning but should continue to be treated. It’s going to be hot this week but hopefully I can camp somewhere I have shade but also sun for the solar.

Today will be sunny and hot ☀, with a high of 90 degrees at 4pm. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6pm. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. At least not super humid. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was sticky. The high last year was 92 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1919.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.1° from the due south horizon (-0.7° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:54 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 9:10 pm, which is 18 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:56 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 81 degrees. The dew point will be 62 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 56 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 65 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 8pm. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was very sticky. It got down to 73 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1962.

I still have to do the American Community Survey 📝 but I’m thinking I’ll do it from camp tomorrow. Once I’m set up I should have plenty of time to do what I need. Tuesday I’ll head into town for ice and to hop on the wireless internet at the library. 📶

On this day in 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. 🎎 So yes, the US was proactive on that but evidently not proactive enough.