It’s a chilly start to the morning at 43 degrees but it will warm up to 75 degrees or heck maybe 80 degrees. Lots of high clouds this morning but still some blue skies, more clouds later. Still going to be a quite nice day. Showers and 74 degrees for Friday and clearing with temperatures around 60 for the weekend. The rain is needed and should accelerate the technicolor transition well underway in parts of the city.

Sunset at 7:45 pm. Looking for mostly cloudy skies and 65 degrees at sunset. Dusk is at 8:15. Plan accordingly for a mild evening. Full moon tonight.

Today in 1960 Brasília, Brazil’s capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. Nelson Rockefeller is said to have taken inspiration from Brasilia in construction of the South Mall, sometimes known as Brasilia on the Hudson. I think the Empire State Plaza has aged better but it was a somewhat less ambitious of a project.

Happy Birthday to John Muir. Regardless of what you think of the late environmentalist, he was a force in land preservation. He got people thinking about conservation even if his ideas were somewhat misguided.

It’s going to be a nice one. Get out and enjoy it.