Good evening! Mostly sunny and 88 degrees in Albany, NY. There is a south breeze at 8 mph. The dew point is 55 degrees. 

A bit warmer than was originally expected for today but not so humid which is nice. The heat humidity creeps into tonight and will be with us for at least a week. It will be the dog days of summer. 

Going to head down to the park in a bit… 

Tonight will have increasing clouds, with a low of 67 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6am. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1955. The sun will set at 8:04 pm with dusk around 8:34 pm, which is 1 minutes and 22 seconds earlier than yesterday. First Quarter Moon tonight with 50% illuminated. The moon will set around 1:47 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Wednesday with heavy rain expected. The Full “Sturgeon” Moon is on Thursday, August 18th.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. One degrees above normal. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 73 at 4pm. The record high of 96 was set in 1949.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. Saturday, showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Maximum dew point of 74 at 11am. Sunday, showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Maximum dew point of 72 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.

Going to be hot and humid this weekend but with the clouds and storms it probably best to stay in town this weekend. So be it. Hopefully next week we’ll have nicer weather. 

In four weeks on September 6th  the sun will be setting at 7:19 pm, which is 44 minutes earlier then today. The average high is 76 degrees, and the record for that date is 91 degrees was set back in 1983.