Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Mostly sunny and 63 degrees in Delmar. Calm wind. The dew point is 56 degrees. Going to be the last nice day before a long stretch of cloudy and stormy weather. 

A bit drowsy this morning. I’m not sure why I’m tired, I got to bed at a reasonable hour and slept well. Even though vacation is a week and a half in the rear view mirror, I’m still getting used to getting up late. 

Today will be sunny, with a high of 87 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal. Warm but not real humid. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Maximum dew point of 58 at 11am. The record high of 96 was set in 2001. The sun will set at 8:04 pm with dusk around 8:35 pm, which is 1 minute and 22 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 14 hours and 7 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 25 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low of 67 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 63 at 4am. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1955.

Cloudy periods:
Tomorrow 3 am to 9 pm – rain and thunderstorms expected

Rain expected:
Tomorrow 3 to 5 am – slight chance of rain and thunderstorms
Tomorrow 5 to 6 am – chance of rain and slight chance of thunderstorms
Tomorrow 6 to 8 am – chance of rain and thunderstorms
Tomorrow 8 am to 12 pm – rain and thunderstorms – 0.16 inches expected
Tomorrow 12 to 8 pm – chance of rain and thunderstorms – 0.17 inches expected
Tomorrow 8 pm to Thu. 2 am – slight chance of rain and thunderstorms
Thursday 2 to 8 am – chance of rain and thunderstorms

The major disappointment of the week is the predicted weekend weather which will be mostly cloudy with times of heavy downpours. We need the rain but it kind of sucks to say the least. It annoys me as it seems like summer is rapidly fading in the rear view mirror. 

There is 1 week until Altamont Fair Opens next Tuesday, August 16 when the sun will be setting at 7:54 pm with dusk at 8:24 pm. The average high temperature is 81 degrees, with a record high of 97 in 1936.

Today in 1974, Richard Nixon resigns as president putting the long national nightmare known as Watergate to bed. Gerald Ford, our nation’s only unelected president would serve the remaining term. He would be defeated by Jimmy Carter in the election of 1976.

Happy Birthday to Smokey the Bear. Today in 1944, the United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. Be careful what you’re burning out there, so you don’t piss off Pete Grannis’ gestapo and the liberals who hate all things fun.