This morning started out pretty wet, with some good crashes of thunder and pouring rain but the rain stopped before it was time to ride into work, and it wasn’t bad bad a few sprinkles and clouds. By evening the sun will return and it should be a nice evening.
Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Cloudy ☁️ and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. 5 mph north-west breeze.
This morning started out with Johnny cakes 🥞 and cottage cheese. You know the usual base of a sweet onion 🧅, shredded broccoli 🥦 and spinach. This time added some garlic. A fairly healthy and tasty breakfast.
Today will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11am and 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 12th. Southeast wind 9 to 16 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. 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 in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1936. There was a dusting of snow in 2020.❄
The past few evenings have been nice at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸, I stay there until dusk then ride back home 🏡 after dark with my bike lights, sometimes taking the long way home through the suburban neighborhoods. 🚲 It’s been nice at Five Rivers the past few days. Only day since Thursday I didn’t get there was Sunday.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.6° from the due south horizon (-6.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:24 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (288°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (295°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:04 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 10 seconds with dusk around 8:35 pm, which is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (296°) at an altitude of 7° from the horizon, 233,154 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:15 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 26 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 19 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 52 degrees. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 27th. West wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1956.
I have a Pine Bush Zoom Meeting tonight, 📹 but maybe or during the meeting I’ll get down to the Town Park 🏞 for a while and read 📖 until it’s really dark. The past few nights I’ve been going to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center on my bike to watch nature and read 📖 e-books.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of at 9am. Sunday, showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.
I think this weekend I’ll be staying in town 🏡 just because I have a bunch of projects to around the apartment and I want to write 📝 some code for the blog. ☔ I was hoping this would be the weekend to get out to Schoharie and ride the Catskill Scenic Trail but it looks like shit. 💩 I can’t believe how much rain is in the forecast. I guess it’s good I’m riding in today, I think it’s the last time of the week.
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 77 and 47 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1925.
