Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Rain showers and 69 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 68 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 pm.

I dropped my truck off for the oil change 🛢 and walked home. 🚶 A nice walk not raining too hard but everything is kind of damp and cloudy today but at least it not hot. So no complaints there. I’ll either walk down or take a bus 🚍 down to pick up the truck during my break or lunch. I’m a salary employee once again so I guess it doesn’t matter all that much. I can always work late to finish up on work. 💼

Did I misplace my new flash drive 💾again? Darn. I need that for work. I’ll find it. I’m sure it’s around here somewhere. I do really like my new phone 📱 despite some of the minor flaws I discovered last night and it’s less than pocket and hand friendly size. 🖐️

Today will be tropical storm conditions possible. Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. 🌀 High of 76 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 5th. Maximum dew point of 71 at 2pm. 🏖️ Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1955.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.5° from the due south horizon (-6.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:33 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (288°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (294°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:13 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 10 seconds with dusk around 8:43 pm, which is one minute and 14 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:24 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 70 degrees. The dew point will be 68 degrees. Blustery, 🌬 with a stiff breeze at 29 mph the west with gusts up to 40mph. Today will have 14 hours and 20 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 17 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will continue to have tropical storm conditions possible. Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low of 65 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 69 at 6pm. 🏖️ Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1972.

I think when I go to pick up my truck 🚚 I’ll catch a bus 🚍 down there.

Going to be a nice, hot summer weekend. 🏊 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 86. Maximum dew point of 65 at 10am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 88. Maximum dew point of 67 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

I am still thinking next weekend I’m going to go to the Finger Lakes National Forest ⛺ 🐮 for the week. I just got to figure out how many of those days I’ll be working – I want some days to swim 🏊 at Watkins Glen State Park 🏞 and some time to kayak 🛶. With social distancing though I am going to avoid the parks in favor of more hiking in remote woods 🌲and kayaking.

Looking ahead, there are 13 weeks until Election Day 2020 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm with dusk at 5:14 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 53 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.