Good evening! Partly cloudy and 72 degrees in Delmar. Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees. Certainly feels warmer than that in my bedroom that lacks air conditioning. The skies will clear tomorrow around 5 pm.
It was warm in my bedroom and I was tired so I took a nap when I got home. I disassembled the camp stove trying to find the propane leak on the burner. Not a where the leak is but I may end up replacing the burner as I noticed the pan around the one burner is rusted out and maybe negative pressure is sucking propane into the bottom of the stove stove. I don’t think it’s just a loose connection. I’ll price out a burner on Ebay and Amazon tomorrow. Still debating on how to fix the table, I like the melted plastic option – recycling old milk bottles but I’m not sure if I can heat the plastic without accidentally burning it. I also don’t want to wreck a pan melting the plastic in it and then not be able to scrape it out. Bondo is another option, although I heard you need a speciality plastic filler and thick Bondo often cracks. Melted plastic is more durable and it reuses trash that I’ve already paid for. A fiber glass and epoxy patch is another option.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 67 degrees at 3am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6am. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1982.
Tonight will have be the Last Quarter Moon . The moon will rise at 1:11 am. The Buck Moon is in 3 weeks. The sun will rise at 5:18 am with the first light at 4:43 am, which is 19 seconds later than yesterday. Tonight will have 8 hours and 41 minutes of darkness, an increase of 15 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will have showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High of 79 degrees at 4pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 21st. Maximum dew point of 67 at 4pm. Muggy! Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 78 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1898.
Tomorrow I’ll head over to John Wolcott house after work and continue with his history project. I also have will stop at the library and vote. Wednesday I’ll get my hair cut and drop off the dry cleaning before work. That’s also when I’ll go shopping after work for the basics. After work Thursday is the Pine Bush Hike I’m leading.
The weekend looks hot and sunny but possibly stormy on Saturday afternoon. Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 66 at 12pm. Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 61 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.
I could see going out to Schoharie County this weekend or maybe not. It’s something that I can decide early Saturday. I’m not ready for a big trip to the Adirondacks this weekend though again so soon especially with Independence Day Weekend a week from Thursday. I have both that Thursday and Friday off for a long weekend which is nice. I do want to have the camp stove reassembled by then and maybe the table patched, although I could do the later when I’m up at camp.
In four weeks on July 22 the sun will be setting at 8:25 pm, which is 11 minutes and 28 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 87 and 64 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1926.
Looking ahead, July is in 1 week, Cow Appreciation Day is in 3 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM is in 7 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ️️ is in 2 months, Labor Day is in 10 weeks and Columbus Day is in 15 weeks.
Authorities say a black bear somehow locked itself inside a Montana home and then nestled onto a closet shelf that wasn't too hard, wasn't too soft, but just right for a nap. Missoula County sheriff's officials say the bear just yawned when deputies knocked on the window and unlocked the door in an attempt to coax it to leave Friday morning.
Unfortunately, the “Perception Gap” study suggests that neither the media nor the universities are likely to remedy Americans’ inability to hear one another: It found that the best educated and most politically interested Americans are more likely to vilify their political adversaries than their less educated, less tuned-in peers. Americans who rarely or never follow the news are surprisingly good at estimating the views of people with whom they disagree.
On average, they misjudge the preferences of political adversaries by less than 10 percent. Those who follow the news most of the time, by contrast, are terrible at understanding their adversaries. On average, they believe that the share of their political adversaries who endorse extreme views is about 30 percent higher than it is in reality.
Perhaps because institutions of higher learning tend to be dominated by liberals, Republicans who have gone to college are not more likely to caricature their ideological adversaries than those who dropped out of high school. But among Democrats, education seems to make the problem much worse. Democrats who have a high-school degree suffer from a greater perception gap than those who don’t. Democrats who went to college harbor greater misunderstandings than those who didn’t. And those with a postgrad degree have a way more skewed view of Republicans than anybody else.
Good morning! Happy Latest Sunset of the Year tonight ! Yeap it’s summer. I’ve traded in the suit and tie for a t shirt and shorts. Climate change means they don’t require long pants at work during the summer. Next Monday is July . Mostly sunny and 66 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 55 degrees. Another nice summer day, probably cruel and unusual punishment to be required to work today but the air conditioning is nice on the bus.
It was a nice weekend but much too short probably because I spent so much time late into the nights looking at the starry skies. It’s funny how when you stay up until 12:30 am each night and then spend half of the day swinging in the hammock drinking cold beer that the day disappears. Paddling out on Lake Pleasant was quite nice yesterday, as it was incredibly calm and not a lot of power boat traffic and the water levels in the Sacandaga River were high enough for good paddling too. Water in Lake Pleasant in the beach though was pretty cold.
I went out Sunday evening to my parents house for Sunday dinner, and then stayed out overnight. They made up tacos which were pretty good, despite not getting their until relatively late because I didn’t leave the Adirondacks quite on time. I did my wash out there, and slept over in my truck cap.
To test out the electrical system, I left the accessory system including the CB radio/phone entirely on the solar yesterday, and even plugged in my laptop this morning for a while to charge. I dropped the battery voltage down to about 12.5 volts or about 20% discharge, after running the laptop which shows you how much energy it can store. Certainly had no problem with the load from the laptop. The solar had pulled the battery voltage up to 13.0 volts by the time I left for work, and I expect once the sun angle increases, it will be up to 14.5 volts and putting out over 60 watts of power. Not bad for a small system used for camp power. After seven years, I think I’ve worked out most of the kinks in the system.
Today will be mostly sunny , with a high of 83 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 13th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 11am. This will probably be the most pleasant day of the week — more head and humidity is expected to bake in for the second half of the week. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1943.
The sun will set at 8:37 pm with dusk around 9:12 pm, which is 6 seconds later than yesterday. Latest sunset of the year. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies and temperatures around 76 degrees. The dew point will be 55 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 13 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight I would like to take apart the camp stove, and find out where the gas leak is in one of the burners, that melted a hole in surface of my my table. I am hoping it’s just a loose connection internally but if I have to replace a part, I’m sure I can get it online. I had noticed the gas leak one of the first time I went camping, but lately the leak has gotten to the point where there is a lot of flame and heat is occurring under the stove, which isn’t good. Doesn’t look like it will be too hard to repair. The hole in the table — only the surface — also shouldn’t big of a deal to patch — I’m thinking something like Bondo for plastic work would work. I don’t care about the table looking nice, as it’s already scratched up, and if I wanted something fancy, I’d throw a table cloth on it, but I don’t want to have a hole in where it could collect water and mud.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 66 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 4am. Light southeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1982.
I have a rather busy week ahead. Tuesday I am heading over to John Wolcott’s house then I have to vote. I hadn’t decided for sure who I want to vote for in the primary — for the most part I don’t care that much — but I still think I should stop by the library after going to John’s house to vote. At some point I also need to get to the store, because over the weekend I only bought cookies and paper towels when heading up to camp, and I need to get some bondo or other material to patch the hole in the table. Thursday I am leading the Save the Pine Bush hike.
This weekend’s forecast might be decent, but look for unstable weather on Saturday. Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 64 at 7am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees. Not sure if I’m going to head out of town, but if it turns out to be nice I may head out Mine Kill and spend an overnight camping. But first I want to fix the stove.
As previously noted, next Monday is July when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2018, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny and temperatures between 97 and 72 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 81 degrees. We hit a record high of 99 back in 1913.
Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees. Certainly feels warmer than that in my bedroom that lacks air conditioning. The skies will clear tomorrow around 5 pm.
Not a where the leak is but I may end up replacing the burner as I noticed the pan around the one burner is rusted out and maybe negative pressure is sucking propane into the bottom of the stove stove. I don’t think it’s just a loose connection. I’ll price out a burner on Ebay and Amazon tomorrow. Still debating on how to fix the table, I like the melted plastic option – recycling old milk bottles but I’m not sure if I can heat the plastic without accidentally burning it. I also don’t want to wreck a pan melting the plastic in it and then not be able to scrape it out. Bondo is another option, although I heard you need a speciality plastic filler and thick Bondo often cracks. Melted plastic is more durable and it reuses trash that I’ve already paid for. A fiber glass and epoxy patch is another option.
, with a low of 67 degrees at 3am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6am. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1982.
. The moon will rise at 1:11 am. The Buck Moon 
is in 3 weeks. The sun will rise at 5:18 am with the first light at 4:43 am, which is 19 seconds later than yesterday. 
Tonight will have 8 hours and 41 minutes of darkness, an increase of 15 seconds over last night.
High of 79 degrees at 4pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 21st. Maximum dew point of 67 at 4pm. 
Muggy! Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 78 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1898.
and continue with his history project. I also have will stop at the library and vote. 
Wednesday I’ll get my hair cut 
and drop off the dry cleaning before work. That’s also when I’ll go shopping after work for the basics. After work Thursday is the Pine Bush Hike I’m leading.
Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 66 at 12pm. Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 61 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.
this weekend or maybe not. It’s something that I can decide early Saturday. I’m not ready for a big trip to the Adirondacks this weekend though again so soon especially with Independence Day Weekend a week from Thursday. I have both that Thursday and Friday off for a long weekend which is nice. 
I do want to have the camp stove reassembled by then and maybe the table patched, although I could do the later when I’m up at camp.
is in 1 week, Cow Appreciation Day 
is in 3 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 
is in 7 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees 
️️ is in 2 months, Labor Day 
is in 10 weeks and Columbus Day 
is in 15 weeks.
Climate change means they don’t require long pants at work during the summer. Next Monday is July 
It’s funny how when you stay up until 12:30 am each night and then spend half of the day swinging in the hammock drinking cold beer 
that the day disappears. Paddling out on Lake Pleasant was quite nice yesterday, as it was incredibly calm and not a lot of power boat traffic and the water levels in the Sacandaga River were high enough for good paddling too. 
Water in Lake Pleasant in the beach though was pretty cold.
They made up tacos which were pretty good, despite not getting their until relatively late because I didn’t leave the Adirondacks quite on time. I did my wash out there, 
and slept over in my truck cap.
Certainly had no problem with the load from the laptop. The solar had pulled the battery voltage up to 13.0 volts by the time I left for work, and I expect once the sun angle increases, it will be up to 14.5 volts and putting out over 60 watts of power. Not bad for a small system used for camp power. After seven years, I think I’ve worked out most of the kinks in the system.
, with a high of 83 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around July 13th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 11am. This will probably be the most pleasant day of the week — more head and humidity is expected to bake in for the second half of the week. 
Latest sunset of the year. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 
and find out where the gas leak is in one of the burners, that melted a hole in surface of my my table. I am hoping it’s just a loose connection internally but if I have to replace a part, I’m sure I can get it online. I had noticed the gas leak one of the first time I went camping, but lately the leak has gotten to the point where there is a lot of flame and heat 
then I have to vote.
I hadn’t decided for sure who I want to vote for in the primary — for the most part I don’t care that much — but I still think I should stop by the library after going to John’s house to vote. At some point I also need to get to the store, because over the weekend I only bought cookies and paper towels when heading up to camp, and I need to get some bondo or other material to patch the hole in the table. Thursday I am leading the Save the Pine Bush hike.
Saturday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 64 at 7am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees. Not sure if I’m going to head out of town, but if it turns out to be nice I may head out Mine Kill and spend an overnight camping. But first I want to fix the stove.
