Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Get away day, at least after my eye exam 👀. I can see clearly now. At least as long as I don’t fail my exam. Need to pass it for my driver’s license. 🚘 Next Friday is Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆. That’s why in two weeks I’m heading west to the Finger Lakes where I can find more sun in the evening. And good places to swim 🏊🏻‍♂️ on summer vacation. 🏖 Cloudy and 68 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The skies will clear around 11 pm.

I have a lot of my gear packed 💼 and I just have to get my personal stuff like deodorant and towels packed and coolers ready to go. Then I will be able to leave directly from the eye doctor to head up north. I am probably going to stay there until Tuesday working remote Monday and Tuesday in Spectulator. I’m thinking Piseco-Powley Road but I could change my mind as I’m thinking I haven’t done White House or Pumpkin Hollow in some time. ⛺ Not going to be a real nice weekend to spend at the Potholers and it would be nicer to be closer to Spectulator come Monday. I just don’t want to camp anywhere this weekend where I have cell service and all those obnoxious distractions. Also, where ever I stay needs to be well drained as it’s been so wet the past few days.

Supposedly the landlord fixed the clog in the sewer lateral toilet 🚽 although truth be told it wasn’t effecting my unit too much and any flooding never reached my unit. I don’t know if he actually had to do anything as my toilet drained fine by morning.

Today will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. 🌦 High of 78 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 11th. Maximum dew point of 70 at 1pm. 🏖️ South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was humid. The high last year was 94 degrees. The record high of 103 was set in 1936.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.7° from the due south horizon (-1.1° 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 7:53 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 8:35 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 24 seconds with dusk around 9:08 pm, which is 26 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:54 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 75 degrees. The dew point will be 68 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 10 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 63 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 69 at 6pm. Northwest wind 5 to 8 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 in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was very sticky. It got down to 74 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1963.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 77 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 8th. Maximum dew point of 64 at 8am. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was humid. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. ☀️Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 65 at 4pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 84 degrees.

Today in 1850, U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore. 🐮🍓🥤 While the Weston Price foundation and the good ol boys who drink straight out of the bulk tank won’t agree, pasteurization has saved a lot of lives.

As previously noted, next Friday is Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:30 pm with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2020, we had rain and temperatures between 80 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 84 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1900.