Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. 🐪 Or maybe not because it’s the dog 🐶 days of summer and Monday was a holiday and I’m off Friday. Next Wednesday is National Nude Day 👱. Summer after all is a much better time for skinny dipping than winter. Partly sunny and 69 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 65 degrees. The muggy weather ends Sunday around noontime. 😓

Today is going to be another hot ol summer day, 🏖 although the thunderstorms ⛈ should provide some relief later. I didn’t think it was that warm out so far but I can find the warmth walking in the sun ☀. I didn’t do my evening or for that matter morning walk 🚶🏻 yesterday, mainly because it was hot. Actually I didn’t do the morning walk yesterday because I stayed over at my parents house 🏡 and had breakfast there before work.

I didn’t catch the earlier bus 🚍 in but that’s fine, as I am not expecting a busy morning and usually I stay a bit late in the office 🏢 as the evening bus without the express or rush hour service. I just dropped something in the kitchen and I had to clean it up. Also I’m having occasional issues with the toilet 🚽 always flushing perfectly. It’s always one issue or another with my apartment. It’s inexpensive, under 10% of my pre-tax income so I can’t complain much. Going to be another hot ol summer day but the air conditioning is nice.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 87 degrees at 5pm. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 72 at 4pm. Light and variable wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1988.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.9° from the due south horizon (-0.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.2 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 (295°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (302°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:36 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 22 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:55 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 79 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 3 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 61 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around July 2nd. Maximum dew point of 69 at 6pm. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 73 degrees. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1969.

On this day in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. 🥪 That’s almost as cool as sliced bread, which is sold for the first time by the Chillico the Baking Company in 1921. As long as it’s not all moldy like that sandwich I bit into yesterday.

Looks like a great weekend up north. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Maximum dew point of 63 at 7am. Sunday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 64 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 84 degrees.

Maybe some thunderstorms ⛈ on Friday, but after my eye appointment is done 👀 I’m heading to Piseco-Powley Road. 🏊🏻‍♂️ I have the day off.. Probably spend much of the weekend at the Potholers. Monday and Tuesday probably work from Spectulator and Lake Pleasant. Got to take advantage of remote work 💻 as it’s quickly winding down.

After this weekend there is one more weekend before summer vacation. 🏖 I might go to Schoharie Valley for a long weekend if it’s nice and the Mine Kill Pool is open. I have quite a bit of time to use, although I will need a week for my summer vacation and then a week for an autumn trip to West Virginia or maybe somewhere else.

I also need to decide if I need work on my truck before vacation. 👨‍🔧 As the tires wear down, they are getting progressively louder. I still think I need new struts and tires on the truck, but I’m putting that off until the fall. I guess for now I could rotate the tires, but I’m a bit hesitant when I’m planning to replace them come the fall. I do need to decide if It’s time for an oil change, as I don’t think the shop used synthetic last time, although I haven’t gone that many miles since the last change. But it would be kind of nice get both the tires rotated and oil changed before vacation to be safe. I’ll have to think about it more, as neither is essential but might be good. The tires are annoying, but I want to wear them down more before replacing this autumn. Also want to sand down the rust and slap on a coating of rust-resistance paint at some point.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is National Nude Day 👱 when the sun will be setting at 8:31 pm with dusk at 9:05 pm. On that day in 2020, we had mostly sunny with a thunderstorm and temperatures between 84 and 67 degrees. Good day for skinny dipping maybe in the House Pond Campsite swimming hole. Typically, the high temperature is 84 degrees. We hit a record high of 99 back in 1995.