Good evening! Pouring rain and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south breeze at 11 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 21 mph 💨💨💨. The dew point is 51 degrees. It really is coming down tonight, at least right now.

I’m continuing to play with some different parts of QGIS and data tonight. 🌐I skipped doing my evening walk 🌃 because of the rain and I kind of got into mapping a bit too much. To celebrate Grilled Cheese Day I made up some sandwiches and soup. Been raining on an off all evening here. At least I’m not out camping in this rain.

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then showers likely. 🌧 Low of 55 degrees at 3am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around June 9th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 4am. 🏖️ South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 19 occurred back in 1874.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 65% illuminated. The moon will set at 2:59 am. The Pink Moon 🌕 is on Thursday night with a mostly cloudy skies then chance of showers skies. The sun will rise at 6:17 am with the first light at 5:48 am, which is one minute and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 10 hours and 41 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. 18 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around June 3rd. Should be a nice day once it clears out. Maximum dew point of 53 at 6am. Southwest wind 6 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 87 was set in 1977. 5.5 inches of snow fell back in 1950.❄

Busy day tomorrow. Transfer station first then haircut then fix the brakr switch on the truck 🚚 , test the cruise control and Sunday dinner on Saturday at the folks house.

Looking ahead to Sunday, showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. ☔ Typical average high for the weekend is 57 degrees.

Sunday I want to start loading up the camping gear and fix the broken LED strip in the cap with a more modern energy efficient strip. 🚥 I may need some crimp connectors for that although I thought about soldering it. Then I’ll be set for camping as soon as the weather gets better. Probably not Easter Weekend 🐰 but maybe the weekend after. I don’t want to start out my first trip of the year in the pouring rain.

In four weeks on May 10 the sun will be setting at 8:05 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 32 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had mostly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 73 and 56 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 45 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 1970.

Looking ahead, Good Friday ✝️ is in 1 week, Mothers Day 👩‍ is a month away, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 5 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 6 weeks, Dog Days of Summer 🌻 is in 12 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 4 months and Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 is in 20 weeks.