Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Next Wednesday is Back to School Day 🎒. Partly cloudy and 68 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 60 degrees. Rain today, might want to bring an umbrella or rain coat to work today. ☔ I’m running a little late to work 🏃 as I misplaced my cell phone 📱 taking down camp this morning. It fell into my camp chair and got folded up in there. Evidently I did find it but had to take the later bus to work, 🚍 which is running on time but it’s hybrid engine is running very rough. The downsized turbo diesels on the old hybrid see a lot of wear due to all the time they spend relying on the turbo boost.

Today will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy 🌞, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 9th. Maximum dew point of 66 at 6pm. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was sticky. The high last year was 96 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1948.

The sun will set at 7:35 pm with dusk around 8:05 pm, which is one minute and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for possible thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 44 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then isolated showers between 1am and 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog after 11pm. 🌧 Low of 61 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 13th. Maximum dew point of 67 at 7pm. 🏖️ Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 74 degrees. The record low of 34 occurred back in 1982.

Stayed out my parents house again. For a while last night it was loud as somebody was shooting a 30-06 or other loud or noisy deer rifle. 🔫 I doubt they were 500 feet from a an occupied structure but who knows. Lots of shooting, more then a few rounds — although only a few a time. Probably whoever it was got a new deer rifle for hunting season, and was just trying it out — it sounded like a bolt action gun. At first I thought it was somebody dispatching a varmint like a coyote, or maybe some livestock they were harvesting. But I think whoever was shooting was just having a little fun. Of course, the other neighbors up the street couldn’t pass up on the fun, and they were doing some shooting. Kind of like a war-zone, but with rednecks having fun. 👹

Eight years ago today was Hurricane Irene. It’s funny, I happened to be in Utica for work when Hurricane Irene hit 🌀so while there was severe flooding – water poured through the roof of our office – it certainly wasn’t as bad as further east. I think there was discussion of whether or not we should close the office when there was water pouring through the 277 volt florescent fixtures through the ceiling. ⚡ Whitestown was pretty severely flooded though.💦 It really made me think a lot about when I own land and a house having a property that is storm resistant – built away from waterways and steep slopes. Plus having a tractor 🚜 with a box blade and a front end loader to fix roadways and other washouts. In Superstorm Sandy, I was Niagara Falls which only got a rain storm but not one that was so outrageous.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 76. Maximum dew point of 54 at 7am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 57 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 78 degrees.

Took Friday off for the long weekend. I am planning to head north in the morning, although I hope to do a lot of packing on Thursday night. I am not sure if I’m bringing the kayak, but I am definately leaning towards heading back up to Jessup River Road and trying to get that campsite I really like up there.🏕

The exciter wire in my truck stopped working. That’s the wire that closes the battery relay and turns on the CB radio when I turn on the truck.📻 Not sure what the issue is — I’m thinking I just pulled a wire loose from one of the connections when I pushed the button on the switch. Tomorrow night, before dark I’ll play with it using my meter.
51 years ago today, Mayor Richard J. Daley said his most famous quote on National Television 📺, probably the most famous gaffes of the 1960s: “Gentlemen, let’s get the thing straight, once and for all. The policeman isn’t there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.” 👮

As previously noted, next Wednesday is Back to School Day 🎒 when the sun will be setting at 7:23 pm with dusk at 7:52 pm. On that day in 2018, we had hot and humid weather with mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 89 and 68 degrees. Autumn was a bit late last year, at least in Albany. I don’t remember it being quite as warm in Syracuse, but I could be wrong. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1929.