Good morning, Happy Saturday. 🌼

Spring is on its way or so the birds outside want us to believe. I told myself yesterday I was going to take it easy prior to my 20 mile hike today, but I guess 13 miles isn’t that far in the grand scheme of things. Didn’t walk out to Five Rivers but ended up doing laps on the Nature Trail at the Town Park.

Good morning! Partly clear and 58 degrees in Delmar, NY. 😎 Calm wind. The dew point is 42 degrees.

Breakfast is cooking, should be a good energy packed breakfast with eggs, spinach, kale, and vegetables. Wanted all day power if I’m planning to walk out to and up Blodgett Hill today, which should be over 20 miles when things are all said and done.

Today will have isolated showers after 2pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 12th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 6pm. Light and variable wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 68 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2003. 2.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 57.1° from the due south horizon (-13.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:59 pm with the sun in the west (278°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (284°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:37 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 8:06 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:42 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 53 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 2am, then isolated showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 57 degrees at 5am. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 12th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 1am. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. 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 37 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1981.

Looking ahead to next Saturday, it is Earth Day 🌎 when the sun will be setting at 7:46 pm with dusk at 8:14 pm. Good to know for the coal rollers. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 60 and 42 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1985.