Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! 🌅

Through the haze you can see the weekend or maybe not. It’s a Friday and I’m out and moving forward.

Partly cloudy and 45 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a east-northeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃.

Kind of a cool start to the morning but that’s true be expected for April. We were so spoiled last week. Going to be fairly mild by midday. 🕛 Little slow rising out of bed 🛏 but I always build in extra time by setting my alarm clock a few minutes early. ⏰

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 4pm. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 28th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 2pm. Light and variable wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1923. 0.6 inches of snow fell back in 1947.❄

I will have to make sure to get out to Washington Park or maybe Lincoln Park 🏞 for a lunchtime walk 🚶 it will be a good day for that. Saturday, Earth Day 🌎 doesn’t look all that great weather wise.. But fairly mild and not to wet.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:55 pm with sun having an altitude of 59.2° from the due south horizon (-11.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:06 pm with the sun in the west (281°). 📸

Yesterday I walked out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸 though by the time dinner was done I didn’t have a lot of time out there. 9.3 miles for the day.

The sunset is in the west-northwest (287°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:44 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 1 seconds with dusk around 8:13 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (283°) at an altitude of 16° from the horizon, 241,038 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:50 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 70 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 15 mph. Tomorrow will have 13 hours and 44 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 40 seconds over today.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 50 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 20th. South wind 10 to 15 mph. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 42 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1947.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 69 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 7th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 6pm. Southeast wind 11 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1985. 1 inch of snow fell back in 1928.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, showers. High near 58. 🌧️ South wind 9 to 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 63 degrees.

Yeah, not a good weekend to get out of town. 🚲 I have the tools to remove the cassette and spokes from my bike so I can measure them and order a box of replacements. 📦 I will replace any that are broken. Once the wheel is true, I just need to repair the rear derailleur cable and I’ll be back on the road. With the additional parts and repair skills 🔧 my hope is to keep the bike running strong for a long time and doing a lot of commuting and traveling around town with the bike, saving on bus fares and fuel.

Always looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until Cinco de Mayo 🤠 when the sun will be setting at 8:01 pm with dusk at 8:30 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 68 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 68 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1944.

I was thinking a good burrito 🌯 would be good with lots of beer 🍻 but those days are over in my life. Although maybe I could make an exception or find a way to make it more nutritious like with chicken and lots of vegetables.